Sebastopol Facing Affordable Housing Crisis

Sebastopol Facing Affordable Housing Crisis

Controversy is mounting in Sebastopol at the new Woodmark Apartments, an affordable housing complex built with funds designated specifically for farmworker families. According to the Press Democrat, despite this mandate, developers initially rented most of the 48 units to other low-income residents last year, including people like Beth Gallock and Melissa Page, who desperately needed stable housing. Now, to comply with funding obligations, the d…

North Bay tenants fight eviction from affordable housing complex originally built for farmworkers

With just weeks before Christmas, families are facing the stress of eviction from a new affordable housing complex in Sebastopol. Tenants were allowed to move into the units earlier this year, but were later told they had to go because the housing was built for farmworkers and their families.