[Libloather]

Seven adults and 10 minors were arrested for loitering and prowling in a Ft. Myers, Fla., home that had been abandoned following a foreclosure. Police estimated the youths caused $75,000 in damage. Police across the country have noted an uptick in illegal parties at foreclosed homes. (John David Emmett/news-press.com)

Seven adults and 10 minors were arrested...

KIDS? The house looks like Katrina hit it. A four-pager at the link above.

[Drew68]

If it isn’t kids partying, it’s homeless squatters. Soon it’ll be drug labs, shooting galleries, brothels, etc. It’s a no-brainer. Vacant houses are going to attract a lot of undesirable activity.

[LostInBayport]

Seven of them, aged 18 to 20, were on their way to the station to be fingerprinted and charged with loitering, prowling and contributing to the delinquency of a minor; the other 10, all under 18, faced an even worse fate -- explaining everything to their parents.

If I were the judge, the whole lot of them and a court official would be off to Home Depot. The adult partiers and the parents of the juvenile partiers would pay for all of the supplies needed to fix the house, and the kids would, under supervision, work eight hour days to fix every single bit of damage they caused until done.

Oh, and they would also pay the cost of the supervision. If they couldn't pay, their wages would be attached until their share was paid.

Oh, and the kids would be caned. Well, maybe not that one.

[DTogo]

The banks must be thrilled they foreclosed on the owner!

[linbiao123]

Now* would be the time to grab land for a future roads.

*depending on how many of Obama’s policies get enacted.

[BlazingArizona]

Is tearing down foreclosed houses going to be the first WPA job category this time?

[Shery]

This is one of our concerns. We wanted to buy our house this summer in preparation to coming home in retirement from working in the overseas dependent schools. (Military schools for dependents). We are afraid to have a house sitting empty, though, since it might attract activity such as this. Who would be responsible for repairing it if it were damaged and vandalized?

[ravingnutter]

This type of damaged happened to an abandoned mobile home across the road from us. It sat back in the woods, so kids would party back there. We were constantly running kids off from the property as it was a safety hazard. We kept trying to get the county to notify the owner and get them to do something about it, but it didn't do any good.

Then one of our kids told us that another kid in the neighborhood told them that they stashed their drugs in the house, so my husband and a friend went over there and found a bag of white powder along with a mirror that had been used for snorting the stuff. We called the Sheriff's Dept. and they said later that it tested positive for PCP. We asked for their help in contacting the county to get something done. Shortly after that, the mobile home was finally demolished.

Now we have another abandoned mobile home across the street, they just pulled a moving van up and moved everything out a little over a week ago, leaving the keys on the kitchen counter. Needless to say, we are very concerned...but at least this one isn't set back in the woods like the other one was so it will be easier to keep an eye on.