I know a friend of the family that inherited his mother's house after her passing away and now, years later, he is on the verge of losing the house due to defaulting on property tax.  No tax lien has been placed on th...

The seller was not willing to work on it so we actually had the township intervene.

When the authorities intervene, if she's not the person who turned the slumlord in, she looks like an accomplice instead of a victim.

With all that in mind, your best option might be to make snow removal the responsibility of the tenants but intervene as necessary. 

She offered to intervene and work with HUD on returning all or a portion of my EMD.

I flipped my first home 15 years ago and have spent the intervening years improving the home in which my wife and kids currently live.  

I would be more than happy to investigate this and intervene on your behalf. 

It actually looks like it's going to happen: "The federal eviction moratorium in place since September is set to expire Saturday, after the Biden administration refused to extend it and Democrats in Congress couldn't muster the votes to intervene."

I tend to have my father intervene between any potential disputes and he really does a great job.

Not really a quick and easy answer on this one other than saying the government intervened via the S.A.F.E.