Despite a drop in foreclosures in the Twin Cities last year, 2012 will not likely be the year that the housing crisis winds down. The Star Tribune reports that a moratorium on processing new foreclosures has ended, which will likely increase the number of local foreclosures processed in the coming year.

The Pioneer Press reports the owners of JT's Hamburgers failed to pay property taxes and provide the bank copies of financial documents. The 1950s restaurant will be sold at a sheriff's sale if the owners aren't able to come up with $142,000.

MPR reports one in every 336 homes was in default, repossession or scheduled for auction in the third quarter of this year. That could be a sign of more foreclosures to come.

Sasha Houston Brown is asking for a line of products called 'Navajo' to be removed from Urban Outfitters across the country. She says the products -- including flasks, necklaces and underwear -- are not only racist, but break a federal law that prohibits companies to sell products that suggest they were made by American Indians.

Ruth Murman's bank denied a two week extension on her home's foreclosure. KARE 11 says OccupyMN organizers circulated the story and filed a petition - within two hours Murman's bank granted the extension.

Urban farmers are now tending 400 community gardens on lots around the metro. Urban farming has gotten so popular that many cities, including St. Paul, are scrambling to regulate the plots. Commercial gardeners fret that new rules could bury their businesses.

A report from the McKnight Foundation finds the number of foreclosures prevented by housing agencies and advocacy groups is going up. But not quite as fast as the number of foreclosures.