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That’s when Howard County consumer protection officials stepped in, filing suit against Stewart D. Sachs, president of Bay Capital Corp., which sent the letters; and Heavyweight Title Co. They also obtained a temporary restraining order to prevent the eviction of Betty J. Bullock, who was 63 and legally blind at the time she signed the mortgage papers, and Griselda Mason, then 68. Bullock died in October 2008 of a stroke.
Both women had been told they could get out of debt in two years, but were then charged rents so high that they could not afford to stay in the homes.
County officials announced Tuesday that they had reached a final settlement.
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