Ragged furniture, tire stacks, junked appliances and vehicles clutter yards, along with carelessly tossed beer bottles, plastic bags and cigarettes. McClellan says there has been a turnaround in the past six years. Hispanic families, she said, have contributed. They're painting them, cleaning them up, putting in fruit trees. It is trimmed in a tropical blue.
Shrubs line the small porch.
A budding rose bush and a fir tree share his gated front yard. The back door was gone. Inside was a mess. A man purchased the house and sold it to his brother, who moved in with his family. The man who purchased the first house worked two jobs to buy another house across the street.