ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The USDA failed to follow its own guidance for a rural mortgage program, taking years to foreclose on delinquent loans.

As a result, 55 Maine borrowers racked up, on average, $110,000 in additional debt before the agency moved to take the homes.
https://www.propublica.org/article/usda-maine-foreclosures-rural-homeowners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Maine#Rural#Housing#Home#Debt#Poverty#USDA
Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Nice view but it could use a door and some windows. Maybe a roof too.

(Piedmont, Wyoming, 7/8/2025.)

#Abandoned#Rural#GhostTown#Photography#Darktable

Color landscape photo looking out from the inside of a old abandoned building. The door opening is to the left. There is a right angle in the wall with two large window openings. Past the windows is a wall that is in heavy shadow but you can see some writing and graffiti on the rotting plaster. In places the plaster has fallen off the wall revealing the horizontal lath boards underneath. On the floor are parallel lines of light and dark where the sun is shining in through the roof that is missing its shingles. Outside, through the door and the two window opening is a pastoral scene. It is green with a bright blue sky and puffy white clouds. Through the window on the right is a roundish green tree in a green field. Through the window on the left a small abandoned cabin is seen in the same field as the green tree. Through the doorway on the left is some sagebrush and distant mountains.
Color landscape photo looking out from the inside of a old abandoned building. The door opening is to the left. There is a right angle in the wall with two large window openings. Past the windows is a wall that is in heavy shadow but you can see some writing and graffiti on the rotting plaster. In places the plaster has fallen off the wall revealing the horizontal lath boards underneath. On the floor are parallel lines of light and dark where the sun is shining in through the roof that is missing its shingles. Outside, through the door and the two window opening is a pastoral scene. It is green with a bright blue sky and puffy white clouds. Through the window on the right is a roundish green tree in a green field. Through the window on the left a small abandoned cabin is seen in the same field as the green tree. Through the doorway on the left is some sagebrush and distant mountains.
Color landscape photo looking out from the inside of a old abandoned building. The door opening is to the left. There is a right angle in the wall with two large window openings. Past the windows is a wall that is in heavy shadow but you can see some writing and graffiti on the rotting plaster. In places the plaster has fallen off the wall revealing the horizontal lath boards underneath. On the floor are parallel lines of light and dark where the sun is shining in through the roof that is missing its shingles. Outside, through the door and the two window opening is a pastoral scene. It is green with a bright blue sky and puffy white clouds. Through the window on the right is a roundish green tree in a green field. Through the window on the left a small abandoned cabin is seen in the same field as the green tree. Through the doorway on the left is some sagebrush and distant mountains.