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Who is responsible for foreclosed homes?

Aug 17, 2012
An LAPD police officer gives a tour of his precinct in Watts and the blight foreclosed homes have wrought upon the neighborhood. The City of Los Angeles says the banks who own the homes should be responsible for the upkeep of the foreclosures.
LAPD Officer Eric Young views the trash-strewn backyard of a foreclosed home in Watts, California.
Tess Vigeland