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Mayor Daley Seizes Homes During Down Housing Market

Amanda Carpenter | January 14, 2009 4:06 PM

Take a look at these homes in the video below. They look pretty good, right?

Well, no one can live in them. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley seized them to make room for a $15 billion O'Hare Airport expansion Chicago residents oppose, the airlines don't want and Daley doesn't have the money to build.

Here's my front-page story on it.

But, watch the video, too.