Did you know that vacant houses breed trouble? According to many reports and studies, your safety is compromised if there are vacant, unsecured houses nearby.

They attract crime, make dangerous "secret playhouses" for children, may lower your property values, and vacant houses make your home more difficult to sell to a new buyer. Homeless people may break in to get out of the weather, and start fires in vacant houses to stay warm.

As a swimming pool does, vacant houses create an "attractive nuisance." Here's a simple thing you can about it right now. If you report vacant houses to us, you will immediately start good things happening in your area.

We will assist with making the information available to law enforcement, code enforcement, home rebuilders, and real estate companies who may have buyers for these houses. If you know how to reach the owner, that would help our efforts quite a bit.

You can be rewarded two ways: besides helping keep your neighborhood safe, VacantSee^TM may be able to pay you or your favorite charity a reward. (Rewards available in many areas.)

Do you know of vacant and potentially dangerous houses? Or does your neighborhood watch know of other homes which pose a current threat? This might be a good topic to bring up at the next meeting. Report a house.