Millions spent on upkeep of empty Katrina-damaged lots

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

NEW ORLEANS -- More than 3,000 lots flooded by Hurricane Katrina and bought with federal money in an emergency bailout sit idle across this city -- a multimillion-dollar drain on federal, state and city coffers that lends itself to no easy solution.

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