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90-year-old widow fights foreclosure

Posted at 2:17 PM, May 31, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-31 16:01:09-04

 A 90-year-old Sarasota, Florida widow is facing thousands of dollars worth of fines for code violations. 

Mary Louise Sikorski has called the little pink house on Webber Street home for decades. She's scared she'll lose it. 

"We're concerned with how the city is acting," Sikorski said.

Her husband, a military veteran, died years ago. Since then, her house has fallen into disrepair. In recent years, the city issued numerous code violations and threatened to begin the foreclosure process.

Fortunately a neighbor has decided to help, but the young man's efforts may not be enough.

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