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Richmond Creates Affordable Homes From Abandoned Houses
With the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, many wonder why abandoned buildings aren't being used to house people.
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.
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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.
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Today, it is fully renovated and Perez-Caro and her husband are living there as first-time homeowners.
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