The Human Cost of Foreclosure
An article in the July 26, 2008 Washington Post, “What Gets Left Behind,” talks about one side of the human cost when a house goes to foreclosure. As the owner of a company that cleans out foreclosed homes, Troy Hughes notes: I remember that kid’s balloon was still inflated, like someone had just had a birthday party. That what kills, me, the things the children had to leave behind. Sometimes, their crayon pictures are on the wall.  A lot of toys are in the closet…It’s traumatic. It was too traumatic for