"Those of us who moved here believed we had finally found stable housing after years of looking," said tenant Beth Gallock."
"This devastating news was followed by offers of $10,000 if we could move out by Oct. 31," Gallock said."
"I'm a tenant at Woodmark and the mom of a nine-year-old son with autism and ADHD. He asked me to share the level of stress it's cost for us and our neighbors," said Melissa Page."
"The really frustrating thing is all of these tenants applied for the housing in good faith. They didn't misrepresent themselves, saying, 'Hey, I'm not a farmworker,'" said Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins."
More than a dozen families at the Woodmark affordable housing complex in Sebastopol are facing eviction after being told the units were built with USDA funds designated for farmworkers and their families. Tenants moved into the units earlier in the year believing they had stable housing; some were later offered $10,000 to vacate by Oct. 31 and accepted, while others are contesting the notices and rallied in protest. Residents include caregivers and parents of children with disabilities reporting severe stress. Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins has called for a pause to the evictions and negotiations among developer, property managers, and agencies.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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