More Than 300,000 U.S. Homes Are Foreclosed 'Zombies'

[Honeycombe8]

8. Well, someone owns those houses and is trying to sell them.

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The govt confiscates enough property "for the common good." I don't want them to confiscate more.

Besides, even if a house were given to someone unemployed and homeless, they wouldn't have the funds to maintain it and the yard and pay taxes.

If I own a house and am trying to sell it, I don't think the govt should confiscate it, if I haven't been able to sell it in within 6 mos. When I bought my house years ago, it had been on the market for 18 mos.

The houses will sell. The banks have the funds to maintain the yards, pay the taxes, etc., and try to actively sell them. I found when I was trying to sell my condo years ago that I had trouble....I worked all day, so wasn't available to take calls like I should or show it during the week, etc.

The main thing to help those w/o shelter is to try to improve the jobs situation and maybe enlarge shelters, if that's possible. I don't have the answer to the homeless problem. I don't think anyone does. But to take others' houses because they haven't sold fast enough...that's not the answer.