Caltrans Suspends Rent Hikes Along 710 Route
The California Department of Transportation has suspended rent increases on homes it owns in Pasadena, South Pasadena and El Sereno along the route of the proposed Long Beach Freeway extension.
Caltrans had described the rent increases, which were to have taken effect Aug. 1, as 10%. But tenants said the agency was forcing increases as high as 23%. In a letter to Assemblywoman Carol Liu (D-La Canada Flintridge), who has been working on behalf of the tenants, Caltrans director Jeff Morales said the agency has suspended all rent hikes until Jan. 1.
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