after the dow did the same thing. strong housing market is helping to push stocks higher, but not every community is in recovery. tom foreman has this american journey story of one community fighting back and trying to keep its homes out of foreclosure. reporter: when the housing crash came, no place was hit harder than georgetown south, a distant suburb of washington where the foreclosure rate shot to 30%. some homes plunged in value from $300,000 to just $40,000. people moved out. crime and squaller moved in. this board back here were french glass doors. inside hard wood oig, brand new cabinets. reporter: but the community never lost its voice. meg carol is part of an aggressive effort by some 50 churches, synagogues and mosques called voice and their mission has been saving communities like this one from ruin, cleaning up, maintaining and taking care of