300 homes next to Travis AFB have been sitting empty for a decade, now advocates want to turn them into affordable housing
FAIRFIELD, Calif. (KGO) -- As California grapples with the growing housing crisis, affordable housing advocates are hoping to put to use 300 homes that have been sitting empty in Solano County for a decade. But they're hitting roadblocks from both the city of Fairfield and their next door neighbor Travis Air Force Base. One big hurdle? The base controls the water for the development, and they won't agree to turn it on. "This is a classic case of 'NIMBY-ism,'" Anthony York with the Affordable Housing for Hundreds Coalition told ABC7 News. "It's just this time the 'NIMBY' neighbor happens to be the U.S. Air Force." The story itself is a little more complicated and goes back decades. But there are indeed 300 homes sitting empty next to the base and housing advocates want to know: Why can't they be used? "It's a little crazy that you've got these assets, these homes, just sitting there, not being utilized," said Jim Dobbie, the Executive Vice President at Hunt Companies, which built the homes. "And over the past decade,… Read More