Indianapolis Unveils Map Of Foreclosures Throughout The City

In Indianapolis, Indiana, WTHR-TV Channel 13 reports:

• [T]he city is using a new tool to document foreclosed, vacant and abandoned homes [...]. For the first time, the city has a map showing all the foreclosed homes in Indianapolis. Blue and red dots represent properties that have been foreclosed on in the last two years. City leaders say the map confirms the correlation between empty homes and rising crime. But they were surprised to find that the trend was spread out across the county and not limited to inner city areas.

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• The city wants to make banks more responsible for their foreclosed properties and get them involved in taking care of the properties as well as working with homeowners before they are forced into foreclosure in the first place.

For the story, see City continues abandoned homes fight.

Go here for the map of Indianapolis foreclosures.