BROOKLYN (WABC) -- A community is rallying around a Brooklyn homeowner who was featured in a 7 On Your Side Investigation .

"It is a profound injustice," said NYC Councilmember Chris Banks.

The New York City Public Advocate, along with local and state lawmakers, held a rally in front of the home of Filmore Brown.

"We are the very center of a crisis," said Assemblymember Monique Chandler-Waterman.

It took Brown two decades to pay off his home, only to have it sold out from under him.

Brown says he had no idea he had an unpaid $5,000 water bill from 2019.

"I would've paid it, no problem," said Brown.

The city, as part of a routine practice, sold his unpaid bill to what's called a Trust, which is a group of investors.

It's then up to those investors to collect the money with intere

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