EAST FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (PIX11)– It’s a home that one family has owned outright for years, during which they built a strong reputation for paying bills on time and being responsible homeowners and landlords.
Despite that, the Brown Family is at risk of losing their multi-family home, thanks to a city practice that allows banks to take over some properties that are in arrears on small bills.
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In the case of the family of Fillmore Brown, his home, which advocates estimate is worth $1 million, may be foreclosed because of an overlooked water bill that had been in the hundreds of dollars.
On Friday, neighbors, housing activists, and Brown’s attorneys joined with some elected officials in a protest rally on the front doorstep of the Brown Family’s East 89th Street home…