Caltrans-owned homes on the 710 Freeway corridor

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.”

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.

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.