OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) - The California Department of Transportation and
City of Hayward refuse to help renters of affordable housing relocate
from the "excess residential land" that CalTrans is selling off,
according to a class action in Alameda County Court.
The class
members live on a 14-mile stretch of land purchased in the 1960s for
the State Highway Route 238 Corridor, which was blocked by litigation.
They say the government is required to help them find affordable
replacement housing before kicking them out on the street.
The
governments' plans to sell the land will displace more than 400
renters, "the majority of whom have been renting for more than ten or
even thirty years," according to the complaint.
The class
asks that the court order the government to help them relocate or let
them buy their homes at affordable prices. They are represented by
Stephen Ronfeldt with The Public Interest Law Project.
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