Village powerless to clear overgrowth at vacant homes

The state earmarked $70 million to help communities ravaged by the predatory tactics of those banks. Part of that money is going into a pilot program for the south suburban communities of Park Forest, South Chicago Heights, Richton Park and Chicago Heights, who have been hit hard by the calamitous decline in the housing market that resulted from foreclosures…Please click here to read Jerry Shnay’s column in the Tribune/Daily Southtown.