Triple deckers in crisis

adamg — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:18:09 -0400

The Times (yes, not the Globe) reports triple-deckers are being foreclosed - and even abandoned - at a much higher rate than other types of houses. Blame out-of-town investors, who bought them up and repeatedly flipped many of them without putting much back into them, for simply abandoning the properties:

On some streets in New Bedford, tight rows of triple-deckers are now interrupted here and there by dirt lots, which impart the odd effect of missing teeth.

Dennis Lehane is interviewed and the Times declares all of Dorchester to be "tough."