Increased Caseload Of Abandoned Homes Leaves Code Enforcement, Cops With Hands Full

The following links are to stories describing the beating being taken by code enforcement officials and other municipal workers around the country as they grapple with unattended homes abandoned by their owners:

• Clark County, Indiana: Clark County municipalities spending more on grass cutting because of foreclosures, officials say,
• Frederick County, Maryland: Fire marshal to handle overgrown lawn complaints,
• Nashville, Tennessee: Foreclosures Cost Cities, Neighbors.
• New Britain, Connecticut: Enforcement fails at South Main homes,
• Northwest Arkansas: Foreclosed Homes A Problem For City,
• Central Florida: Code Enforcement Works To Clean Up Foreclosed Properties (Neighbors Complain Of Eyesore Homes),
• Florida Treasure Coast: Record home foreclosures mean more code violations on Treasure Coast,
• Northern Virginia: Front Royal to tackle overgrown lawns,
• Riverside County, California: Squatters, illegal dumping, dying yards (Dealing with foreclosed homes means a shift in duties in Lake Elsinore),
• San Diego, California: City targets owners of neglected properties,
• South Elgin, Illinois: South Elgin targets neglected vacant homes,
• Sterling Heights, Michigan: Sterling intensifies focus on neglected foreclosed homes.

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