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The City of Phoenix Launches Website to Sell Surplus City Properties

Phoenix has come up with a brilliant idea to rid the city of excess properties and to gain extra money in these strict-budgeting times. They have created a website for this at www.phoenix.gov/PHXProperties.

The city is scouring through their more than 5,000 properties and selling off those that they no longer deem useful to the city. They have chosen over 650 extra properties to sell. 

This ingenious project has already earned them more than $17 million. In addition, they will be earning on-going property taxes for everything they sell. 


This project began while the city was examining their property and assets. They soon discovered several hundred properties that they no longer needed.  

“These range from very large parcels of land, multiple acres to some smaller parcels that were left over when we built a road,” said Phoenix City Councilwoman Kate Gallego, who is chair of the City Council’s Sustainability, Housing, Efficiency, and Neighborhoods Subcommittee.  

They also have a variety of buildings and homes and vacant lots. Anyone can use the website. 

“We have parcels in downtown. That’s very hot right now. Everyone wants to be downtown so we expect a fair amount of competition for that,” Gallego said. She also mentions how 

important this website is in these budget-hard times.  

The website is easy to use. Users can sort properties by commercial or residential types, price, location, and other determinants. There is an aerial map and users can examine property details and download fliers with a click.  

Aside from the monetary benefits, this will help change the neighborhoods as well. 

“Thanks to feedback from residents and neighbors, we have made fighting blight a priority 

at the city of Phoenix, and this is part of that equation,” said Gallego.

Neighborhoods will be revitalized. Homes that were empty can now be filled with families 

and new neighbors. An empty lot can become home for a new small business. The possibilities are intriguing.  

“Thanks to measures like the Abatement Lien Program, we are taking proactive steps to clean up abandoned properties and get them into the hands of new owners who can invest in our neighborhoods,” said Gallego.