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The depressing economic statistics about housing in America are well known, but the numbers don't tell nearly the whole story. In this series, DailyFinance takes a look at troubled neighborhoods in cities across the country, where the lingering foreclosure crisis means empty houses, frustrated residents and broken dreams.

Despite new federal laws designed to protect them, many tenants are caught up in foreclosure dramas as building owners struggle to keep their properties. If the real estate market doesn't improve soon, the problem could get even worse.

This is enough to make me want to move to Pennsylvania. The state will give you a loan of up to $60,000 to pay your mortgage and taxes to keep your house if you lose your job. Whoever thought of this program, I am sending you cyber hugs. No, no, actually, I am nominating you for president. You...

The house sits behind an upholstery shop on the corner, and while I'm too young to know for sure, I'll bet the upholstery shop has thrived since the streetcar ran down Gladstone Street in the 1950s. The house, like mine, was built in the first few decades of the 20th century. An old grande dame,...

From the recent resurgence of John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," it looks like people in a recession are happy to be entertained by a tale of the Great Depression. The 1940 movie based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Steinbeck has gained such popularity recently that from September...

With real estate markets deflated, home marketing professionals are actively seeking new and effective ways to help sell distressed and foreclosed properties. One concept that is gaining ground is the foreclosed home bus tour. Potential home buyers have taken well to the concept. So well, in fact,...