When Mary Kay Buford rented a newly built home in Toledo's central city in 2002 she was signing up for a promise made by the developer – that she could buy that house in 15 years and she would earn $ 1,000 a year toward the price. But last year she got a worrisome letter: Her house was being foreclosed for tax delinquency, and she was being stripped of her “rent-to-own” rights – which come due early next year.
