Foreclosures

Ron Loveridge, the mayor of the Inland Empire's largest city, Riverside, details how regional and local leaders are working to recover from the effects of the foreclosure crisis.

February 7, 2009 - The Planning Report

America's foreclosure crisis is taking a heavy toll on communities by diminishing tax bases, lowering school enrollments, and contributing to rising crime.

January 19, 2009 - Color Lines

The latest figures show that one out of every 54 households were in foreclosure in 2008; analysts expect millions more foreclosures in the coming year.

January 16, 2009 - Foreclosures up a record 81% in 2008

New York City has announced plans to use $24 million in federal financing to repair and resell more than 100 foreclosed homes in the city.

January 16, 2009 - The New York Times

Huntington Beach is one of a few cities that is weighing the option to purchase its own foreclosed properties, and eventually making them affordable housing.

December 18, 2008 - Orange County Register

Foreclosures are spreading across the country like a plague, and there's almost no place worse hit than Las Vegas.

December 9, 2008 - NPR

Local and regional governments in Riverside County, California, have assembled a "Red Team" task force to mitigate the impacts of the foreclosure crisis in the fastest growing region in the state.

November 30, 2008 - The Planning Report

The foreclosure scourge has moved its way into Oregon, causing some of the highest rates of loan defaults since the 1980s.

November 3, 2008 - The Oregonian

As foreclosures spread throughout the suburbs, subdivisions are rapidly becoming modern-day ghost towns, according to this column from The Seattle Times.

October 13, 2008 - The Seattle Times

As their numbers increase, students from homeless families face a slew of new challenges to their education. Some families, this article reports, don’t even know that they still have a right to an education after losing their home.

October 2, 2008 - NPR

Thousands of Americans who have lost their homes in the foreclosure crisis may find themselves ineligible to vote in November.

September 29, 2008 - The New York Times

Foreclosures and economic hardships have caused a proliferation of tent cities across the U.S.

September 21, 2008 - Associated Press

A foreclosed home in Lake Elsinore, CA has attracted some new residents- a family of bobcats.

September 4, 2008 - The Press-Enterprise

This article from Developer looks at five cities that are dealing creatively with their foreclosure and abandonment problems.

August 23, 2008 - Developer

Foreclosure-stricken cities and states are looking forward to receiving federal relief funding. Their plans for using the funding vary.

August 15, 2008 - The Christian Science Monitor

A foreclosed property in Detroit was recently put on the market at a selling price of just one dollar.

August 14, 2008 - The Detroit News

Exurban developments are struggling to control their rampant foreclosure rates and plummeting housing values.

July 28, 2008 - The Christian Science Monitor

As foreclosures increase throughout the country, more cities are looking to solve the problem of abandoned and dilapidated houses with demolition.

July 16, 2008 - The Economist

In a move to combat the growing numbers of foreclosed homes and provide affordable housing, Fairfax County, Virginia, has announced plans to buy up foreclosed properties to augment the county's supply of affordable homes.

July 5, 2008 - The Washington Post

Foreclosed homes are creating blight in urban and suburban areas all across the country, lowering property values by more than $200 billion.

July 2, 2008 - The Christian Science Monitor