City of Milwaukee cleaning up foreclosed homes, asks for workers

City of Milwaukee cleaning up foreclosed homes, asks for workers MILWAUKEE - The City of Milwaukee is using federal dollars to clean up several of the city's 4,800 foreclosed homes. He's now working construction, fixing up foreclosed homes. "Before this, I was unemployed for a little bit of time," said Demario Turner to TODAY'S TMJ4's Melissa McCrady in front of a foreclosed house near the corner of North 26th and West Melvina Streets. Turner got the task by begging his alderman, Common Council President Willie Hines, for work. "This house was one of the few houses that was causing a blight to the neighborhood, so rather than us pushing the dominos falling and letting this house be demolished, we decided to keep the dominos up and stabilize this home so none of the other properties would lose their value," said Wade. Charles Brown lives half a mile away at the corner of North 38th and West Wright Streets. Barrett, Hines and Alderman Willie Wade believe the other significant achievement is the betterment of city neighborhoods. Brown does believe the city's foreclosure refurbishment plan is a step in the right direction. "At a time we have people sitting the bench, putting 230 people to work is a significant achievement," said Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. "Look at it now," said Brown. The city is looking to hire more workers, and officials advise you of ot call an alderman or talk to a contractor on a construction site. City of Milwaukee cleaning up foreclosed homes, asks for workers Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 08/03/2012