Rokakis: Foreclosure Crisis Has Gotten Worse

Weekend Edition visited Cleveland in May of 2008 to report on the foreclosure crisis. At that time, foreclosures and abandoned homes were, for the most part, a result of predatory lending. Now, two years later, host Scott Simon returns to find that, according to Cuyahoga County Treasurer Jim Rokakis, things have only gotten worse. Councilman Tony Brancatelli, who represents Cleveland's Slavic Village, says he has reason to be optimistic, however, and shows us around some of the revitalized areas of his neighborhood.