State Requires Maintenance on Foreclosure Homes
California’s top financial regulator is calling on California mortgage and financial companies that hold mortgages on foreclosed property to maintain pools and ponds to stop the spread of West Nile virus.
Thousands of mosquitoes can breed from a small puddle of stagnant water. A pool of a vacant foreclosed home starts going stagnant after a month, and can breed swarms of mosquitoes.
With waves of foreclosures hitting California, the California Department of Financial Institutions wants to make sure pools and water features don’t contribute to a higher than usual season of West Nile.