Neighborhoods Around the Country Struggle With Abandoned Home Blight

The following links are to some recent stories on homewowners and local government officials around the country who find themselves fighting the blight in their neighborhoods caused by vacant, abandoned homes.

• National story: CNN - Lenders foot the bill for abandoned homes (Foreclosed homes that lie vacant and rundown need their lawns mowed and their yards cleaned up. Cities say taxpayers shouldn't have to bear that burden),
• Norfolk, Virginia: The Virginian-Pilot - To reduce complaints and crime, cities trim lawns of vacant homes,
• Tempe, Arizona: The Arizona Republic - Side effect of foreclosures is neighborhood blight,
• Dallas, Texas: CBS 11 News - Vacant Homes & Abandoned Pools Breeding Mosquitoes,
• St. Cloud / Sauk Rapids, Minnesota: St. Cloud Times - Nuisance calls on the rise as foreclosure numbers climb,
• Randolph, Massachusetts: The Patriot Ledger - Randolph will keep tabs on vacant homes (Task force to make sure banks, managers maintain foreclosed properties). neighborhood destruction from foreclosures kappa