desert real estate: Indio follows Desert Hot Springs in maintaining Foreclosed Properties
- 04/27/08 01:56 AM
Negligent owners in Indio could be fined As foreclosure rates hit all-time highs, valley cities explore ways to keep empty houses from attracting vagrants INDIO - The abandoned, foreclosed home on Caribe Street looked OK from the outside. Inside, it was obvious that squatters - homeless people who stay the night in vacant houses - had invaded. Plates with crusted food, empty beer cans and pillows were strewn throughout the home. Used, wadded-up toilet paper piled high in the bathrooms. "I wouldn't want to live next door to a house like that," Indio police Lt. Forest Meadows said. It's a scene that's starting to crop up in neighborhoods … (2 comments)
desert real estate: Desert Hot Springs cracks down on foreclosed properties
- 04/27/08 01:52 AM
Desert Hot Springs City Council is requiring all foreclosed homes to be registered with the city. The water and power is shut off in these homes. Palm trees, plants and flowers are dead. Pools are green with mold and it's not a pleasant site for the desert. Some of these homes are left wide open, air conditioners, kitchen cabinets, even bathtubs are being stolen from these homes. This is a good thing, just hope they enforce it... REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL DATE: MARCH 18, 2008 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: CITY MANAGER, RICK DANIELS INITIATED BY: ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, STEVEN A. MENDOZA GENERAL REGULATIONS, … (3 comments)
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