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A LOT OF CONFUSION IN THE
NFL.
THANK YOU, JACK.
ARE BIG BANKS SPRUCING UP
BIG HOMES AND LETTING INNER CITY
PROPERTIES FALL BY THE WAY SIDE?
WE GET THE LATEST ON GRAND
RAPIDS' SOUTHWEST SIDE WITH
MORE.
Reporter: THIS
HOME IS OWNED BY BANK OF AMERICA
AND IS IN FORECLOSURE BUT THERE
IS NOT A LOT OF CURB APPEAL.
A FAIR HOUSING GROUP SAYS THIS
HOUSE WOULDN'T LOOK LIKE THIS IF
IT WAS IN A DIFFERENT NAWSHED
AND WE CHECKED OUT THEIR CLAIM.
JUST WALK DOWN TO SEE WHAT THE
FORECLOSURE CRISIS HAS DONE TO
HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY JUST LET THE PROPERTY GO
WANT THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING TO
KEEP IT UP.
Reporter: THEY
SAY THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN IN
A WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND CLAIM THE BANKS FAIL TO
MAINTAIN THE HOMES IN MINORITY
NEIGHBORHOODS.
CUTTING THE LAWN, PICKING UP
THE TRASH, TAKING CARE OF
ACCUMULATING MAIL AND PUTTING
A FOR SALE SIGN OTHER THAN
AUCTION SIGNS IN THE WINDOWS.
Reporter: IS
THIS MERELY A BLACK AND WHITE
ISSUE?
WE CHECKED OUT FOUR PROPERTIES
UP FOR SALE.
ONE HAS NO SALE SIGN AND LOOK AT
THIS SUBURBAN HOUSE.
THIS HAS BETTER CURB APPEAL BUT
LACKED A FOR SALE SIGN AND THE
OTHER HAD A SIGN AND JUST TWO
EXAMPLES OF FORECLOSURES IN
OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.
JUDY PETERS SAYS THE EVIDENCE IS
RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
IF IT WERE A MORE AFFLUENT
NEIGHBORHOOD THEY WOULD BE DOING
SOMETHING WITH THE PROPERTY
RATHER THAN LET IT SIT.
Reporter: WE
RECEIVED A STATEMENT FROM BANK
OF AMERICA SAYING IN PART:
WHILE WE SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE DENY THE
ALLEGATIONS AND STAND BEHIND OUR
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND