[CPEO-IRF] Army to evict civilian tenants at Moffett Military Housing (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Civilians must exit Moffett housing
LOW RENTS TO GO AWAY; ARMY TO BUILD CENTER

By Renee Koury
San Jose Mercury News (CA)
January 5, 2005

When the federal government lured Edwin Bunker to the Bay Area from 
Virginia two years ago, they threw in a sweet incentive: a low-cost, 
two-bedroom apartment in Moffett Field's surplus military housing.

But now Bunker, his wife, Darla, and an estimated 120 other civilian 
families are about to be evicted from their military homes at Moffett 
Field, where they say low rents have made it possible to survive in the 
Bay Area's steep housing market.

"My wife and I dropped everything and moved out here because they 
offered us the perk to have a reasonable price for our housing," said 
Bunker, who works for the U.S. Geological Survey. "Now they're going to 
evict us. And we're not going to suffer as much as some families with 
lower salaries, who can't possibly afford the rents in the general market."

The U.S. Army is evicting the tenants of Orion Park, a community of 
about 250 homes that will be demolished to make room for a new Army 
Reserve training center. About 57 enlisted personnel and their families 
will be moved into new housing being built on the base in February or 
March, but the civilian tenants will be on their own.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/13554634.htm
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
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