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Barney Frank: I yield myself another minute, because these people take a lot of work to get them to explain it. The fact is that it…

On the recordMarch 16, 2011
I yield myself another minute, because these people take a lot of work to get them to explain it. The fact is that it isn't simply to buy it from a responsible owner. It includes money, as we have tried to explain to them, to demolish property. In fact, in the cities of Detroit and Cleveland, they specifically asked us--the gentlewoman from Los Angeles amended it--you can use city money to demolish property when there is no owner. So, no, there is no--you don't write a check to someone who has abandoned the property. I yield to the gentleman.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Mar 16, 2011

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