A 62-year-old homeowner in East Flatbush who paid off his mortgage had his fully owned three-story building foreclosed and auctioned after a questionable past-due $5,000 water bill from 2019 placed the property on New York City's tax lien sale. He only learned about the debt and foreclosure about a month ago. Community members and elected officials held a press conference on August 15 to demand change and raise awareness. The city's tax lien sale, a decades-old practice, allows sale of debts tied to taxes, building violations, and utility charges, and permits authorized buyers to collect, exposing homeowners to predatory collectors. Residential properties can remain on the list for up to three years before foreclosure, and the Department of Finance is supposed to send warning notices at multiple intervals prior to posting the sale list.
This is my life. I don't have nothing [sic] else,
What the hell is going on? What is frustrating me is that every single avenue that you can think of seems to be designed to steal the wealth and homes from Black, Brown, and immigrant New Yorkers. With a particular concentration on Black homeowners. That's just a fact,
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