Yolande Treuscorff, 88, walks past a home on State Street in Pasadena that has been empty for 12 years and fallen into disrepair. The real estate website Zillow estimates it would sell for at least $1 million at fair-market rates. “And it would need so much work to get it back to where it should be,” Treuscorff said. “It’s really tragic.”
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Hank Castro, 62, walks toward his home on Sheffield Avenue in El Sereno, where he has lived with a caretaker for 2 1/2 years. All the properties on his block are owned by Caltrans.
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Dilia Cabrera makes her way out of her home on Sheffield Avenue in El Sereno that she has rented from Caltrans for the last 10 years. A document prepared by the agency earlier this year suggested that dozens of tenants could be priced out.
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