Getting off the mat: Milwaukee, activists take foreclosure fight to banks 

Published: November 23, 2010
Tags: Art Dahlberg, Bob Connolly, Common Ground, foreclosure, Giaimo, Helfman, James Mulligan, Josef Ackermann, Michael Murphy, Piroletta, Southeast Wisconsin Common Ground, Toni Wagner

By Marie Rohde One out of every 10 homes in Milwaukee has been lost by owners to their lenders through foreclosure during the past three years. Many of those homes still are vacant. More than 5,000 other properties simply were abandoned. It’s a crisis for neighborhoods and the city, said Alderman Michael Murphy. “The value [...]