Cleveland to destroy nearly 6,000 homes

In and around Cleveland, nearly 6,000 foreclosed and abandoned homes are being destroyed in an effort to save neighborhoods from blight, crime and sinking home prices.

"For the larger body - the neighborhood - to survive, you have to remove those cancer cells," said Frank Ford, a policy adviser for the nonprofit Thriving Communities Institute of Cleveland.

According to CNNMoney, the city also has been turning empty lots into parks, greenhouses and vineyards.

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