The HouseWhen the foreclosure crisis of 2007 ravaged Cleveland, Ohio, it left residents and their institutions struggling to cope with the devastating effects of this man-made disaster. This is their story. Next Door
No city was hit harder by the foreclosure crisis than greater Cleveland. Between the years 2000 and 2006 Cleveland lead the country in foreclosures. There were people there who saw the disaster coming, who warned the Fed, state government, and others about what was coming. They were ignored. 10 years after this man-made tsunami devastated the area, we look back at what happened, currently at what’s being done to remedy the problem, and forward to see where the city is headed. And we ask the unsettling question, could it all happen again?
