"How many of my houses are you going to tear down?" asked Linda Hendricks. She spoke at the public hearing on the possible declaration of dilapidation on her property at 928 Barnes. "I lost things that were priceless to me from my grandparents, from my great grandparents, from my dad that died and from my husband that got killed." She said the city tore down her house on Seiling without giving her time to clear out her possessions stored inside.

In her 70s with an income just over $600 a month from Social Security and disability, Hendricks said she's trying to redo the inside first "so I can g...