Boston Neighborhoods Taking A Beating From Vacant Foreclosures

In Boston, Massacusetts, recent columns in the Boston Herald describe the beating being taken by neighborhodds in some parts of the city due to vacant and abandoned homes that have been foreclosed on by mortgage lenders, and in some cases, being taken over by squatters and drug dealers to ply their trade. For more, see:

• Eyesores called home - to squatters, criminals, addicts,
• The streets of despair (Foreclosures devastate neighborhoods),
• Foreclosure crisis needs more than cleanup crews.

For related posts on the beating taken by other cities as a result of vacant and abandoned foreclosed homes, see:

1. Cleveland Repossessions Affect More Than The Foreclosed Homeowner,
2. Squatters In Abandoned Homes A Concern For Cleveland,
3. "Bank Day" A Bad Day In Buffalo Housing Court For Foreclosing Banks Stuck With Blighted Homes,
4. Towns Taking A Beating From Foreclosure Boom,
5. Vacant Mansion Gradually Being Stripped Away By Thieves; Reflects County-Wide Problem In One California Locality; DA's Office Left Holding The Bag,
6. CBS News "60 Minutes" On The Subprime "House Of Cards",
7. Elite Detroit Neighborhoods Being Hammered By Foreclosures,
8. Michigan Cops Express Crime Concerns Due To Foreclosures & Vacant Homes,
9. Atlanta, GA; Elk Grove, CA Neighborhoods Among Many Dealing With Crime, Public Safety Concerns That Follow Foreclosures,
10. San Jose Squatters Making Themselves At Home In Vacant Foreclosures,
11. Abandoned Homes Raise Public Safety & Health Risks,
12. Stories On Vacant & Abandoned Homes From Around The Country,
13. Foreclosures Hammering Providence Neighborhoods,
14. "Plywood Board" Gains In Popularity As "Window Treatment" In One Rhode Island Neighborhood,
15. Detroit-Area Columnist: "Mortgage Lending Turned Into A Michigan Carnival Act",
16. The Destructive Effect Of Forecloures On Neighborhoods,
17. Urban "Ghost Towns." neighborhood destruction from foreclosures I