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AP: Some Homeless Squat in Foreclosed Houses

The nation's foreclosure crisis has led to a painful irony for homeless people: On any given night they are outnumbered in some cities by vacant houses. Some street people are taking advantage of the opportunity by becoming squatters.

Foreclosed homes often have an advantage over boarded-up and dilapidated houses abandoned because of rundown conditions: Sometimes the heat, lights and water are still working.

Let's see - empty houses.... homeless people... There must be a solution. I just can't put my finger on it.

Empty houses... then homeless people. I give up. Its way too complex.