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In one year, foreclosure rate tripled

Cities taking action in bid to prevent blight

By Kathy McCabe
Globe Staff / March 6, 2008

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Benigna Alarcon hoped that reducing her mortgage payment by $700 per month would be enough to save her Chelsea home from foreclosure. (Full article: 968 words)

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