Richmond Creates Affordable Homes From Abandoned Houses

Richmond CA

02 October, 2020

3:05 PM

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From CBS San Francisco: October 1, 2020 at 11:39 pm RICHMOND (KPIX) — With the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, many wonder why abandoned buildings aren't being used to house people. The city of Richmond is now doing just that. Mitzi Perez-Caro grew up in Richmond. She used to find the abandoned house down the block from her childhood home a bit creepy. "I guess there were looters who stayed here and so the home eventually burned down and it seemed really eerie," she said. Today, it is fully renovated and Perez-Caro and her husband are living there as first-time homeowners. Read more at CBS San Francisco