Los Angeles fights neighborhood blight with online map

California has been an epicenter of the home foreclosure crisis, as loan defaults pile up at record pace. Los Angeles has been part of the financial wreckage. City officials there decided that an online map made available on the L.A. Housing Department's Web portal would be helpful -- especially for those seeking to buy bank-owned and foreclosed homes that qualify for loan assistance from the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

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