Vandalism of Vacant Houses

With the current economy, many Americans have been losing their houses, leaving them subject to vandalizers. This article comments on the fact that rising home prices are actually a direct cause to decresing property values. Foreclosed homes are vulnerable to anyone coming in and destroying anything in sight. In Prince George's county had numerous foreclosures and many houses were broken into. In one case, windows wee broken, the door was busted, and the air conditioning unit was stolen. Concerned neighbors complained to local police that the house needed to be boarded up, but as the days went on, the house remained unprotected. Soon after, in the middle of the night, one man looked out his window and saw the house engalfed in flames. These types of destruction lower the values of the houses around them, enfuriating people that are trying to put their houses on the market.