How AP measured the meltdown at the local level - Syracuse Post-Standard

(AP) — The Associated Press Economic Stress Index combines three economic indicators-unemployment, foreclosures and bankruptcy-as a way of gauging how the recession has affected each of America's 3,141 counties. That measurement is expressed on a ..., more 
and Foreclosure's unseen victims: Tenants suffer when landlords don't pay - Scranton Times  Tammy Devine learned she was evicted from her Old Forge apartment on a Friday in April when workers cleaning out another home on her lot showed her ejection papers that she should have received months before. Her landlord, Herschel Engel, had failed ..., more 
and Wayne judges urge foreclosure victims to be aware of mediation option - Daily Record  WOOSTER -- Wayne County Common Pleas Court officials urge residents who receive foreclosure notices to fill out all the forms, especially a questionnaire concerning their intentions for the property, in hopes of getting them into a foreclosure ..., more