Unfair Deals:

The Truth About NYC Tax Lien Sales 

Our latest report shows how New York City’s current tax lien sales policy harms at-risk residents and displaces longtime community members

Exposing injustice

The city’s tax lien sales process, designed to collect unpaid property taxes, has far-reaching and harmful effects, especially in Black and Brown neighborhoods. The practice has uprooted long-standing community members while changing neighborhoods and driving up living costs.

What’s in the Report

  • How a tax lien sale works in NYC

  • The harm being done by tax lien sales

  • What should be done to stop the harm from spreading

Read and share

We’ve made understanding this issue easier for everyone eager for change. In addition to the full report, you’ll find a brief fact sheet that you can share and discuss with your neighbors.

Join us in demanding a fairer system that keeps people in their homes and protects the future of our communities.

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Coalition Members

  • Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, Inc.

  • Asian Americans for Equality

  • Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation

  • Bridge Street Development Corporation

  • Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. A

  • Brooklyn Neighborhood Services CDC, Inc.

  • Center for NYC Neighborhoods

  • Chhaya Community Development Corporation

  • Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation

  • Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.

  • Fifth Avenue Committee

  • Grow Brooklyn

  • Habitat for Humanity NYC

  • IMPACCT Brooklyn

  • Legal Aid Society

  • Margert Community Corporation

  • MFY Legal Services

  • Mutual Housing Association of New York, Inc.

  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors

  • Neighborhood Housing Services of Brooklyn CDC Inc.

  • Neighborhood Housing Services of Jamaica

  • Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Inc.

  • Neighborhood Housing Services of Queens CDC, Inc.

  • Neighborhood Housing Services of Staten Island, Inc.

  • Neighborhood Restore/Restored Homes HDFC

  • New York Legal Assistance Group

  • New York Housing Conference

  • New York Mortgage Coalition

  • Rebuilding Together NYC

  • University Neighborhood Housing Program