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City Combats Foreclosures Impact

By Paul Tuthill

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-936260.mp3

Springfield, MA – Hard hit by the foreclosure crisis, the city of Springfield Massachusetts has spent about two million dollars in two years to demolish blighted buildings. It has auctioned off hundreds of abandoned homes, and offered perks to entice first time homebuyers to Springfield .It is a street by street..neighborhood by neighborhood reclamation project, as we hear from WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief, Paul Tuthill ..