Housing activists are protesting a meeting of the Sacramento County Supervisors this morning to try to blow up this deal.
After adopting an award winning program to ensure affordable housing for lower income Sacramento families in 2004, lobbyists for big money developers sued the County. Despite a judge’s ruling that the developer suit is without merit, County Supervisors have agreed to settle the suit and concede affordable homes to developer interests.
“This program is not broken, why is the County trying to fix it in a backroom deal? Why are they going back on their compact with us?” asks Mike Camino, lower income resident.
“By making this backroom deal, affordable homes are taken away from working families to put money in the pocket of big developers.” Ethan Evans, Sacramento Housing Alliance.
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