Finalist
Greg Kahn
Naples Daily News
"After the Bubble Burst"
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In 2009 and 2010, Southwest Florida became ground zero for the economic downturn in the United States. It was one of the top regions for foreclosures and jobless rates quickly rose over 10 percent. While investors were making millions of dollars buying and selling the foreclosures, middle class families were being evicted, living in hotels and sleeping on neighbor's couches. ***
Grass seeps through the cracks in a driveway of an vacant home SW 29th Avenue in Cape Coral, Fla. on Feb. 8, 2010. Cape Coral and Lehigh Acres, Fla. have been crippled in the nation's foreclosure crisis, putting Lee County in the national spotlight.
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