California Housing Crisis: Hundreds of apartments sit empty as thousands live on the streets

Governmental red tape has kept 300 affordable housing units standing as a ghost fleet of former military homes with no concrete plan forward.
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, California faced a growing housing crisis with a need of 1.3 million more affordable rental homes, including 13,800 in Solano County, the California Housing Partnership found.
The Georgetown housing complex in Fairfield boarders Travis Air Force Base and for 20 years housed Air Force families.
KTVU Fox 2's Brooks Jarosz reports.

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[tigeroll]

People need to start getting fired on ALL levels for this travesty.

[loryndabenson]

California doesnt need to build more houses they need to make the ones they have affordable 😒

[eugenes]

I guess living on the street is safer than having "secondary road California

[mycdeesmusic]

I live in South Bay and our 2bdrm costs $2, 400 for rent. It's insane

[Bekssss]

i am full time uber driver, i dont kill, i dont steal i work hard, paying taxes but live in Van because rent will eat almost 50% of my income.

[carlosmartinez]

I grew up in cali and it's a shame that i can't even afford a home here .... Thanks to the Chinese buying and making mini mansions driving up the prices.. Plain and simple they are buying us out

[bunny]

Ya they all moved here to Arizona driving up housing prices and bringing their drama

[sevyclark]

What a shame, how many women with children could use these empty homes. What a heartless society. Disgusting.

[victrynolan]

Veterans paid dearly for the right to use that water! As Taxpayers we paid for that water too! What audacity for the military to claim water rights!! WTH?!!

[megrandom]

Don’t forget insurance owns us too! Property owners can’t afford the sky high insurance and property tax.

[tonypresti]

As soon as story ends an add for investing in apartments comes up.

[noneyabusiness]

Gruesome Newsom has got to go, pack up your crap and leave please.

[kalkeikuu]

So damn expensive for homes! This is mainly the cause of homelessness.

[jessijfly]

some greedy, greedy, inconsiderate, self centered, people around here. What a shame. Many of the homeless are more then willing to work, but not having a stable place to live takes away from the ability to make it to work on time, groomed well, and belongings safely secured.

[iamapatriotgirlstar]

Put a emergency clinic on the same property for the veterans and citizens.

[charlesmelchior]

Bitcoin is the feature investing in it now is the wisest thing to do now especially the current rise
despite all the economic crisis this is the right time to start up an investment

[perezm]

That's some BS. I bet if it were a "luxury" investment, the greedy asses would be all over it.

[drderbigny]

This site doesn't use water from the city. So the question might be asked, what's in the water? Maybe that's why they moved everybody out in the first place.

[bookbeing]

any of these shelters, even if they're not cosmetically pristine, would be better than having to live in a tent, out in some field or under a bridge.this situation is ridiculous no one should be sleeping on the street when there's empty places for them to stay and be sheltered.

[kelliurquieta]

This is really sad. All the excuses insult the intelligence of those trying to help. People need help, people need homes, people need to be treated with dignity and compassion, not left behind and forgotten. Those city officials need to go! If they can't step up they need to step down.