City says owners must register foreclosed properties

(MEDFORD. Massachusetts)-City Officials, worried about the rising tide Off or eclosures and the deterioration of vacant properties, have adopted an or finance requiring property owners to advise the city when a home is empty.

The ordinance is designed to make sure local officials know what homes are vacant so that city departments can monitor their upkeep.

In the past, the only way the city would know if home was empty was when neighbors would call and complain about vandals or such things as the smell of gas.