Normally when you buy a house, you don’t want a home with any outstanding liens against it. That’s also why you pay for a title company. But what happens to those houses with outstanding taxes? You ...

"Thousands remain on the lien sale list, facing excessive fees and risk of foreclosure. Many are older adults or long-time ...

New York City’s controversial tax lien sales system for collecting unpaid property and water debts expires at the end of next month — without any clear path toward what comes next. Mayor Eric Adams ...

The city’s controversial tax lien sale expires Monday. Absent legislation to create a new program or renew the existing one, a group of activists and elected officials have proposed abolishing the ...

When Petal Sandiford stepped into the Flatbush YMCA several weeks ago, the 63-year-old home care worker had just one thing in mind: To get her late uncle’s house in Ocean Hill, where she and six of ...

The tax lien sale deadline has been extended by two weeks, giving thousands of New Yorkers more time to take action avoid potential foreclosures on their homes. On Thursday, the Department of Finance ...

In New York City, tiny, vulnerable, nonprofit organizations too often lose the real estate they own to for-profit developers. These unjustifiable losses are a complete mix-up of city and state tax ...

Montgomery County Treasurer John McManus said he has implemented a new tax lien sale process that has contributed to a large increase in delinquent tax collections. McManus said he plans to hold ...

As the city prepares to hold the controversial tax lien sale for the first time since before the pandemic hit, housing advocates are warning that the program disproportionately targets Brooklyn’s most ...

Every year hundreds of nonprofit organizations find themselves included in the city’s tax lien sale and are placed at risk of foreclosure and bankruptcy. In response to this issue, I recently ...

Most New York City residents have never heard of the tax lien sale, an annual event where the city quietly sells the overdue property tax debts of homeowners to private investors at a discount. Said ...