Home foreclosures continue to be a problem in most Massachusetts communities in 2008 and many economists expect that it’s only going to get worse. We visit one city where foreclosures are blamed for destabilizing neighborhoods and harming the local economy.  Is it (as one analyst says)  a "perfect storm" situation where the housing market slump, the credit crunch and predatory lending have combined to create a wave of debt and abandoned buildings?

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