Here's why 300 homes are sitting empty next to Travis Air Force Base in California
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- čas přidán 22. 12. 2020
- As California grapples with the 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 here's why they're hitting red tape from the city Fairfield and the Travis Air Force Base.
Seems strange since the state, county or government has not stopped some unknown company from buying $855 Million worth of land all around the base. Seems suspicious to me that someone is going to profit from this land when these homes can not be used. Kind of like someone has their fingers in the cookie jar and are looking for an excuse to NOT deal with the problem
Someone needs to get to the bottom of the mystery unknown company that bought the land next to Travis air force base. What is homeland security doing?
Need to be told that china is behind this?
Exactly what I was gonna say. They block some people trying to build affordable housing but they don’t stop some random LLC that has a billion dollars to buy up all the land and do god knows what….seems like it’s our own government and they know what’s going on
CZcams knows what they are doing!
The Shadow Knows
Money for wars but can’t feed the poor
And for other countries
Exactly
Money for war for strong country, you mean you want money for liberal undocumented snowflakes
Can't do anything right. That's what needs get around, these "leaders" CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT.
So you're gonna ignore the part that they give illegal immigrants housing, schooling, health care, welfare, financial support,... with American taxpayer's money!? Obviously, Nancy Pelosi and Gavin Newsom haven't chipped a dime for the poor, they don't even care about the fact that they make you pay 13% state tax. Meanwhile, many other states don't have such taxes.
Base should just take over the homes and put Veterans in them all.
Haha that's exactly what I posted along with some other s***
Democratic run states are truly just shit holes.
@@emoney7472 ...so is the american military...they will chew u up n spit u out n then spit on u to top it off....god cursed america ! !
@@blueforest2927 yup. Military is fucked. All of America is fucked. Im old i had a good run. Time to sit back and watch everything our ancestors worked hard for go up in a big gay cloud of smoke.
@@emoney7472 Heh...you should take a closer look at the Republican run states...ever been to the south?
Affordable housing don't exist!! That property could be used for homes for Veterans.
@Retrorocket id rather see a veteran that is trying to improve his or her life benefit from this, rather than some dead beat that didnt didnt do shit to improve their lives but expect a freeride because they work one min wage job, then complains about not having any money.
@@chadeckert4609 its more than that, a veteran was willing to give up his or her life to fight and die for each one if us, we owe them respect and everything.
@Retrorocket you are absolute vile garbage. Every veteran has willing offered to fight and die for every single one of us american citizens. That is why we owe then everything and all of our respect. Wtfook have you offered to do for anyone but yourself. Unfrigginbelievable.
@@karencarpenter5845 isn't that what I just said? I'd rather see a vet get the benefits not some loser who does nothing to improve them selves
U mean the homeless people on the side of the freeway in Berkeley? Come on now.
at a time when homelessness and covid are raging this is unacceptable!!
It’s to be expected thou
Having millions of homeless people is good thing, why else would LA streets be flooded with 1000's of homeless people right next to all the super rich movie stars, celebrities and tech billionaires.
Good indicator that these politicians do not give any shit about people,everything they say is fucking lie,, but they can put lock on my house,,in this shit
No homeless wear masks so why ain’t they all dying of this virus? Huh?!
All I hear are excuses for why not .no solution for why we can...you have people sleeping in tents on the sidewalk and beach this is a travesty
Sounds like somebody with money wants that property.
Affordable housing in California isn’t even affordable, it’s more like a 10% off discount...
@Lizard Kid 10% discount is being generous I think it’s more like 2 to 3% off 😂
Right!! Ya, give us 10% off just to repay it with taxes lmao ... California is a joke. Can’t wait until I move to AZ
Lmao facts!
@@emm_bee when you go, remember to vote Republican!
Not just California thats every state
the government doesn't give a shit duh.
plain and simple
Amen
They never did
After all this time exactly
Affordable housing is a scam by the developers. They get massive fed funding and make huge profits. By making inferior housing and charging "market rate" prices. There has to be a better solution
These new developments are built with no forethought towards traffic or growth, worse the counties are allowing this! We need to preserve green space
Tiny movable house communities
Your exactly right
@Kay Madrid I am not talking about a dog shed, Oakland, California just spent 10 million dollars to hopefully house 105 homeless people by buying old homes and fixing them. That is insane amount of money. When you can mass produce and create magnificent moveable fully solar, wifi, beautiful full set up tiny home communities for so much less.
Yes, stop electing the same types of people.
New title for video: here’s why there are homeless vets...
You know what? That is a much better title!
Have you ever talked to a homeless person? None of them will say "there just aren't any houses out there." lol. No, they offer some excuse as to why they won't get a job, get an income, stay in their own house, blah blah blah. That's AFTER you just handed them a 5 dollar bill.... So, what makes you think they will even care to take care of their "Free" house? You gonna pay the utilities, insurance, and go mow the lawn? lol Hey guess what, the government WAS taking care of all of them, AND paying them a salary..... what happened to that? Most of my family are veterans, I've helped them all, but they have their own jobs, income, and housing. It's not that there are "too many homeless veterans". trust me. It's too many of you people that look and just complain. Talk to one anyone homeless, and get back to me. Let me know what they think of the housing market.....
Joining the military the last 30+ years means you enjoy being treated like a disposable bitch. Look how vets are treated for decades now.
@@thewatcher611 at 1 time I was that homeless person!! I assume you are 1 of those people sitting on your behind pissed off about the unemployment getting cut off and ruining your day. SORRY to those that are but Karma will find this person!!!
For veterans who had honorable discharges.
only 48 goes to veterans, what about other 252? what happen is spy buy them?
Lana Bern,...It does not have to be, "honorable". tRump just pardoned a bunch of criminals. No matter what you did, you can compliment him, and you are free.
@@happytimeharry363 - so we gotta kiss up.
I agree it should be for veterans. Affordable housing could cause a lot of problems. It's sad but true a company tried to get an affordable housing development built in the city I lived in and the people in that community stood up and said no. They seen so many affordable housing development's turn into projects. Also sad to say I live in a small city which is in the top ten for shooting deaths every year since I've been here and most of it takes place in those affordable housing development's.
What’s really ironic is we have millions of dollars to give OTHER countries but we can’t even feed/house our own. I live in Sacramento and there are so many empty homes here but not too many can afford a 750k-$1m home! Ridiculous
Average couple making 100 thousand each can't afford a 750 thousand dollar home, after taxes and insurance.
We don't owe anyone free room and board. That's not the way things work.
Welcome to communist America. People are now waking up to how bad things are. But I fear its all too late
@@johnd4348 ah hell nah , 500k max what are you smoking
@@johnd4348 A combined income of 200k can afford a 750k house. Using the 28% rule, They should spend no more than $5600 a month for their mortgage. Which means that on a 20 year loan at about 3.7%, a couple making $200k a year could *easily* afford a $750k house and would probably be pretty comfortable at a million dollar house. A 750k house would run have a mortgage of about $3150 a month, the couple brings in about $11,670 a month *after taxes*. They would be absolutely fine with a $3150 mortgage.
Try doing the math next time.
I'm going to walk away from the table on this one, because BS like this really pisses me off and now is NOT THE TIME!!!.... 🤬🤬🤬
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@@danielduplantier4526 Last time I checked, the housing crisis happened during the Bush Administration, Obama inherited the mess, just like Biden is inheriting Trumps mess now!.... Soooooooooooooooo?......
@@_A4A Hahahaha so Osama did nothing wrong , eh?!?
Yea now is not the time
@@CZcamsDeletesComments We really gotta stop pulling a man into the conversation, that served as President over 4 years ago!.... We currently have a sitting lunatic, that has dedicated his entire presidency to overturning everything that the Obama Administration put into place. So at this point in time, anything Obama did is now IRRELEVENT because it's all been overturned, dissolved, disrupted or destroyed!... Now lets take a good, LONG look at what Trump & His Administration has done to The American People & The World as of now! Go ahead, I will be more than happy to wait to hear this shit!.... 🕓
Some people are homeless. Cities are playing games
Republicans always say: "Why should it be my problem! It is not my faul that they re poor!".
Having people live in cars and tents is a much safer alternative, clearly. Smh
@Julie Sprik what about the families with kids??? 🤔 veterans already have so much help... they just need to actively search.. there’s not many all age places... usually specified for HIV/AIDS, veterans, or elderly/disabled... that’s it... the other waitlist are usually closed.
300 houses is a drop in the bucket. maybe if they demolish and make them into tall apartment buildings..
I fucking hate SMH. Are you shaking it yes or no you fuckwad?
@LadieKadie1 it’s very disgusting... they take your kids away for being homeless, but they won’t provide funding to support the homeless families OR build more affordable housing... it’s a setup. 🤷🏾♀️
Being in a 20 year War is the real gold mine
Hit the nail in the sweet spot there partner, well done
That Lockheed , Raytheon, SAIC , Dyncorp stock isn’t going to raise itself otherwise. To war!!!
Afghanistan anyone..????
Sweet, sweet gold
All you gotta do is remember the mindset of a bureaucrat: Rules are everything, results are nothing.
Not very dissimilar to a capitalist, profit is everything, results are nothing, and most of the time those rules are made with capitalist lobbying to maximise profit. Look at the number of foreclosed homes to homeless people
True
We have alot of homeless veterens..This should be given to them, no questions.
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How are they going to pay their utility bills? Just because you're a Vet, it doesn't meany you should get free shit for the rest of your life. 4 years sitting behind a desk, fixing trucks, or pumping fuel doesn't make you some big war hero. And for the record, I'm an Iraq Vet, and I bought my own house.
@@GrymsArchive repent before it is too late for you. This life goes by fast.
The developer does not want to sell them as Low Income Properties. That is it in a nutshell or they would have put in another waterline already. They are just allowing the housing units to sit there and appreciate. If history of prior military housing units remains unchanged in this case, the developer paid pennies on the dollar of what they were really worth when they bought them.
There has to be a reason, either contaminates, something that shouldn't be seen or heard, or they are holding it for another reason. Either way I would stay far away from that housing as humanly possible, if even the government didn't want it, that means something ain't right!!
The USAF knows that the families would sue them for noise pollution from the jets; just look at Leguna Seca. No good deed goes unpunished.
cali passed a law due to covid... landlords can't evict anyone, even if they owe years of rent. Many counties still have those laws in place, even tho covid is just a cold now. Landlords would rather the house sit empty than have to deal with a nutcase who destroys the place, doesn't pay rent and can't be evicted.
Maybe they are stalling..because
an unknown company just bought up all of the property surrounding the base. No one seems to know who or where this company or entity came from. Its probably the same people buying up all of the US Farmland?
Get rid of the California's governor
Get rid of California all together and that’s where it’s going NOWHERE
We lived in one of those units in early 90’s-nice and cozy. Sad they have been sitting empty for so long
It has happened at air force bases elsewhere. People move in and then file law suits because of the noise. Has anybody taken soil samples maybe they know something and do not want the public finding out.
Talking like that gets people killed.
Travis is an EPA Superfund
What is the difference between a brownfield site and a Superfund site?
The difference between the two is that superfunds are EPA-involved and are sites on the NPL, the nation's worst hazard sites. Brownfields are usually abandoned industrial and commercial facilities, and cleanup does not involve the EPA.
What is the water contamination at Travis Air Force Base?
Contaminants Found in Travis Air Force Base Drinking Water
The primary surface water contaminant on Travis Air Force Base grounds is trichloroethene (TCE). Organic compounds from past disposal practices have impacted groundwater.6 days ago
The primary contaminants detected in the surface and subsurface soil were Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH), metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and pesticides. Surface water in the storm sewers and Union Creek had been impacted by past discharges.
Are all military bases Superfund sites?
Over 100 military bases are currently Superfund sites, which means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is carrying out cleanup endeavors at those installations
Effects on humans
…
Trichloroethylene effects on humans
Trichloroethylene (CICH=CCl2) is a colorless liquid with a chloroform-like odor. Trichloroethylene may cause irritation to the eyes and skin. Exposure to high concentrations can cause dizziness, headaches, sleepiness, confusion, nausea, unconsciousness, liver damage, and even death.
The concerns are NOT valid, they are excuses. As far as Travis Air Force Base, shame on them. A a veteran, who lost my home more than 1 year ago, and hearing all the lip service out there, I am disgusted. Simply disgusted.
You clearly have no grasp on reality. It’s a freaking desert, surrounded by NOTHING but dirt and heat. Where you gonna divert the water from to get into this community? The ocean?😂😂 of course the base isn’t gonna “share” their water source.
An entire neighborhood owned by the Navy sat unused at Western Ave and Palos Verdes Drive North. LAPD started using it for training. These were complete 3 bedroom homes they let deteriorate. Eventually, they were demolished.
I can understand why Travis AFB doesn’t want neighbors that close to the airbase. Homeowners buy the house. A few years later, the homeowners complain about jet noise and safety and they begin to demand no overflights and no nighttime flights. It happens all the time. It’s like people buying a house next to a pig farm that’s been there forever and claiming they didn’t know about the smell. The USAF is just “thinking ahead” and avoiding the headache and unreasonable demands from neighbors who will claim that they did NOT know they were buying a house next to an airbase and the noise that it brings.
No, you're just an idiot... Nobody buys a place near a runway and complains about air traffic...
Ok but there are still houses sitting there that could be used
I live by Ellsworth Air Force Base. In a community of twin and quad homes that were once owned by and ran by the base housing. Maybe that's the difference. We are all on the same meter for electricity and gas, so it's all included in the lease. School Bus service, and they keep the roads well plowed in winter. Now run by a separate entity, but still veteran friendly. The base did not want to continue running this area, and sold it to a management company, which just sold to another one a few years ago. We are a block from the AFB fence, and we never had trouble like this.
The company that wants to make the houses livable and fix up the project hasn't bribed the right county and city officials yet or not enough. I guess they don't understand how business works.
Never going to happen. Its a security issue. Period.
It's not security issue, it's a money issue. If Jeff Bezos wanted the area to build, they won't have problem giving it.
bingo agree fully
Let's hope they dont turn the water on. These people are gonna rent these units for $2000+ a month. Nothing is affordable in the bay area
Whaaaat!!!!! They built the pipe for the water. That's just unbelievable.
They were paid to put the pipe in, they didn't do it for free believe me.
Building a pipe doesn't somehow entitle you to have water flowing through it. Also, that pipe was for when it was going to be for Travis employees, so obviously Travis would supply water. Now it's not for Travis employees, so how is Travis now obligated to supply water for something that is no longer their project just because they were going to when it was their project? Just saying.
I agree, this is not at all a shocker! Even if the local county or city had built a water main for Travis AFB and donated it to them, it is about the same thing as municipalities across the nation providing "incentives" like building utility infrastructure to lure a big factory or perhaps an Amazon Call Center into the area where they would benefit from a massive new tax base that would be tied to the area for generations.
SMH, I'm not even shock about none of this.
Fairfield saw what happened to Vallejo when Mare Island was closed. They don’t want to anger the AFB.
Dam look at their budget and we can't take care of 150 Vets.
Sounds like a lot of excuses! They were built to live in. why not use them for what they were meant for then🤦♀️
The only complain I'm hearing is that it's empty and it has no water. Well just pay a group of civilic engineers to make a water treatment plant near a river or the sea and let the veterans pay for it to keep the maintenance.
By the Way, Merry Christmas
Do you know how long it will take to accomplish that in California. Minimum 10 years with the enviromental studies, state committees, permits, city meetings, county meetings. Plus there is no river or ocean near there.
But there is water? There’s pipes they just have to connect again, no?
@@keithfreitas2983 Yeah...I get that investments with money and duration taken was always the problem, But other sources of water hence alternative ways can be used like Springs and rain water.
Probably not worth the investment for 300 homes.
@@kennethsouthard6042 I'm not saying that it's not worth it, I mean come on, These Veterans would sacrifice their lives for ours and now their homeless and living on the streets while 300 houses are vacant and with no water. It's the government responsibility to serve it's citizens but this what I'm talking about is very unacceptable, especially in times like these.
This is heartbreaking with homeless people, veterans in particular, in desperate need of a place to live.
The Air Force is probably worried that people will move in and start complaining about the noise from the aircraft....usually what happens
Where I live in Colorado a housing developement was built next to an airport -- then they wanted the airport to close. And another developement was built next to the railroad tracks and they wanted the railway company to abandon the tracks.
Build a tunnel under rail line 1 problem solved
@@brucemonahan4401 The beef was that the houses were so close to the tracks that the screeching and rumbling of the trains rocked the houses. I worked landscaping in some of the yards and it was intense when the trains passed by. But the railroad has right of way and it was tough luck for the homeowners. And the airport didn't close but it did reroute flights from passing over that developement.
That is 1 concern when anyone wants to put housing close to an air port/base. The military families that once lived there had no option to complain about jet noise.
Make them low income for veterans !
Truth is everybody wants affordable housing except near them. Even myself as a first time homeowner understands that young families need a starting place. Im glad Texans understand this. Yes we may be conservative but at least we care about the next generation getting on their feet.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The parcel needs to be improved, realized, and has to be completed the way it is intended for the sole purpose of providing permanent housing to veterans, employees, immediate families of veterans. The federal government is fully aware of the condition of the site and its proximity to schools as well as its neighboring base. Adjustments and realizations of certainties applicable to veterans and the military installations such as housing, shipping containers that does not harm site. Maintained, preserved GDP as well as self sufficient, paying its own payable always established no losses, maintained, private sector and public sector management that are to be reconciled.
Report this information to homeless shelters🙁
Disgrace that veterans are in need with availability there in the here & now
you are right on the money. I support veterans being housed here. But let us be practical. Housing 300 veterans and their families means everything else need to be improved as well. So it s is a huge undertaking. But our veterans nothing less.
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Give them to America vets who has to the right to them
Geez.. fill them with veterans, there are so many in need!!!!! 👍🙏❤️🇺🇸
So many veterans wishing to have a house like those.
Should go the Military Veterans families first and the city should spend the money on getting this problem solved.
Simply outrageous.
Just media trying to play on people's feelings. More going on here. Look how good the 'homeless hotel' in San Francisco turned out.
Would u trust water coming from a U.S. airforce base?
why not, work out for the city of rosemond outside of edwards air force base. just ask erin.
@@king_of_the_north357 lmao! There are probably other things happening underground, in the BASEment of the US Air Force BASE.
All which can only be speculated as highly classified private information only intended for government personal.
@@camerontaylor7471 there u go!!!! Ding ding ding!!!! Tht makes alot more sense. 🤔🤔🧐🤨😤😤😤. Something is up.
No need to have vodka....I could get jet fuel on the rocks 24/7/365!
Why did homes only twenty years old in such dire need of renovation to begin with? That WAS the situation 10 years ago, right?
They are lying.
I heard there were mold issues in that development
@@courtneyj1856 It looks like mold is one of many issues with the housing currently occupied by military personnel at Travis Air Force Base.
I haven’t found any mention of it related to the older unoccupied housing. But nobody would be complaining about it now, would they?
fox40.com/news/local-news/travis-afb-families-fed-up-with-hazardous-living-conditions/amp/
They might not need renovating. Renovate them anyway and write it off on taxes. Some people who know how to play the system can profit from it at tax time.
There is more to this than meets the eye. Rumors here in Fairfield are there was a mold issue with these homes that is why they were vacated. I don't know if that is true or not. Just hearing about this yesterday tons of comments on local facebook page. I hate when news channels start stories without the full facts. It is all guessing without doing their homework. Did they interview the Fairfield City Manager, City Council members? NO. They just stir up crap and get people upset.
Seems like the base doesn’t want competition for housing to avoid potentially paying out BAH to airmen that opt to live off installation.
Like 85% of the base personnel live off base. I drive right next to this development every day. It already gets super backed up with the traffic going on/off base. It's a small road and you have to drive at least like 10 miles to get to stores, schools, hospitals etc.
Unacceptable...yet this happens all the time...
Something don't smell right in Denmark. water is controlled by local municipal water districts, not Government. the fact an entire housing complex has been shut down (aka Condemned) means there's something going on concerning Public Safety that hasn't been brought to light... yet.
Obviously this is a California thing:
Refusing to supply water to a rightful property owners land!
My family speaks from experience since we’ve been denied access to water on our property in California for over 40 years
Now that there's an issue with a mysterious land buyer around the Air Force base.
Could be related?
wondering the same
SF will ship homeless and turn this place into a hole. NIMBY is right.
Im glad your an advocate for homeless not being poison by u.s airforce base water. TY
They must love seeing homeless people crapping on their lawns.
Cut the RED TAPE.
Write to our Governor.
Doesn't the corporation that owns this property still have to pay home owners insurance and property taxes while the property sits vacant?
Maybe the base wants to expand. In the future we will need space stations, so they Maybe thinking further ahead. I like the idea of housing veterans.
If the housing was already there then why did the military spend the money to construct more housing on the base?
Sounds like a money laundering scheme.
@@dozenfocus9133 lmao 😆 im sorry ,tht just sounded funny as hk to me. U never know though. 🤣.
There's similar problems with developers in Portland Oregon trying to use an unused jail for a homeless shelter
Are you talking about the Old Sheriff Station in NE Portland, that has been shut down for some time now?....
@@_A4A No, the Wapato jail that never got used
@@damnoldguy Never-Used Wapato Jail Is Now Operating as a Homeless Shelter
www.wweek.com/news/2020/12/19/never-used-wapato-jail-is-now-operating-as-a-homeless-shelter/
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History (10 years in the making and not reported upon in the TV report) - BEFORE all military base housing was privatized these houses were built to be BASE HOUSING. Military Base Housing was privatized and there were problems with the contractor ripping off the government. Military personnel were "banned" from the housing, and facilities access was curtailed. Travis WAS NOT the only military base to have this problem. Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska is another.
This from a veteran who served 10 years. HOUSE THE
HOMELESS NOW
Does this include the mentally ill and/or addicted, housed in the same neighborhoods as homeless families that include children?
@@rl64rl of course not. Get the ones with mental health problems the help that they need and as far as the ones that are addicted how many addicts do you think live in houses already I don't know you or where you live but your next door neighbor is 3 doors down could have a functioning cocaine addict.
We are all human beings 🙏🙏🙏
The people wanting the houses can relocate the houses on their own dime, just move them.
It's so sad to see this happening especially right now.
Merced County & Atwater redeveloped Castle AFB why can't Travis? Merced County also has issues about redeveloping Castle's old base apartments. They repaired some for the Flight School pilots but the others are just rotting away & that's sad considering our housing shortage.
After all it was our money that built the damn things in the first place.
How many times they have to tell y'all, no branch of the government cares for the people!
There are tons old housing empty, the only reason they are talking about this is the location. Why doesn't the developer return it since it's been 10 years or resell it?
There should never be such a thing as a homless veteran. A permanant free home should be something they all get just for joining.
Right? There are people that are generational welfare recipients that have done NOTHING and get free housing for life
I’m a veteran and I don’t agree. There are hundreds of thousands of veterans. The overwhelming majority live life as decent, hard working people. Veterans have access to many programs, to include educational, as well as medical if service-related. Thus, there are well established programs in place that exist to help and benefit those who served. There are also veterans that did not adapt well to the military, and found themselves dismissed. Also, about 15% of our veterans have experienced combat, and the majority have re-adjusted to civilian life in spite of what they experienced. So I find it hard to give blanket handouts to my fellow veterans just for the sake of their service. Most veterans in need of a shelter over their heads is attributable to their own life choices, not their military experience.
@@rl64rl I can agree with you for the most part. I shoulda been a little more clear. Anybody dishonorably discharged should lose all benefits. Other than that a home should be included for serving. They dont have to take it. But it should be there regardless.
What if there was more development planned for the “unsafe” side of the tracks? What if we developed an entire self sustaining side?
That would be nice, CA politics wouldn’t skew the rest of the country
People where saying tht there's more to this story. Tht the home themselves had problems already to begin with n the other homes had mold in them. Tht they "fail to mention tht" .but I thought ok if there was issues didn't they say they'd pay for the Reno.? But who knows there's more to this. Just fyi. 🤗
@@cynthiacastaneda6687 thanks! Yea mold is a big problem and quite expensive to take on when it gets deep in the walls. Floods have taught us a thing or two.
Just love these catch phrases like food desert.
My father (family) was stationed at McClelland AFB and Travis AFB, and I have fond memories of living there when I was younger; my nephew (whom I am very proud of) and niece are stationed at Travis AFB.
fairfield ? hell no
Why? Whats the big deal?
Travis AFB could be concerned with operations security and is keeping these units as a buffer zone. How many foreign nationals would be allowed to relocate to that newly available neighborhood? No, leave it be. Travis AFB is a Military Port for members deploying all over the world and the USAF need not explain why they are keeping it.
These developers are not interested in "poor people" who could use these houses, they are looking at the money they could make renovating the property that was designed with open spaces and parks. Take a look at the developers' other projects and see how much open space and recreational space they design in to their plans when they buy a parcel of land. This would not be a place for the under-privileged, but for upper middle class and above.
This didn't age well considering what's going on around Travis currently 😅
These housing advocates should have a joint lawsuit against the city of Fairfield and the army base by not allowing the project to go forward.
What's under the ground? Was that area a dump ground or burn pit in the 60s? Reasons to not open the housing may not be readily visible on the surface. And yes, military housing can/is built on top of old dump/burn pits. Lived in a house there for 5 years at that location. Lots of blocked off man-hole covers and vent/sample testing pipes in "natural, non-habitated" tree growth areas of the property.
Contaminated H2O? Jet fuel? 🤔 Noise issue....!!
This should be used to house our homeless veterans. I believe in America first.
A navy veteran told me every time he went to the VA the first question in the questionnaire asked him if he was homeless followed by if he was in fear of being homeless. He said if I ever see a homeless veteran on the side of the road asking for money he told me not to give him anything.
Politicians only believe in using the slogan to get votes lol
You aren't a "real estate investor".
Are ya? Whenever we try and help Americans you inbreds call it socialism and vote against it...
How was he able to build the properties in the first place with all these conditions in place?
stinks. but rich kids from china buy california mansion homes, and drive fast cars.
They don't provide utilities?? We taxpayers pay for them not to share back??? We tax papers shouldn't provide taxes to a base that doesn't provide back
It is simple the Air Force like to keep it for future use.
This is stupid..all the Homeless we got in the world that would love to have a safe place to sleep.. this makes no sense..what kinda hearts do we have in this world 😟
Key word...LOW INCOME...🤷♀️
Give it to the vets!
The government will never give away housing to any of the families and people in need, it’s a shame. If they turn those 300 homes into section 8 houses then the neighborhood property value would plummet because of crime and certain activities that could follow.
Its Fairfield. Not That nice of a place. Protest the whole city. Its a shame they can't even allow veterans to stay. Shame on those officials.
So they just much rather let them rot sad
I'm confused... why did they build in the first place if all regulations, licenses, & collaborations weren't agreed upon? Seems like a contractor/ builder would of had the green light before breaking ground.
Thank you!
Hook them up to city utilities and be done with it.
Not even the government likes Section 8 housing and its inhabitants.
Those houses should go to homeless Air Force veterans.
Could the water be contaminated by fuel or fire retardants from the base? I knew of civilian housing area outside of an base in Yuma AZ that had this problem.
The Solano irrigation water distribution station is 3 miles up the road.
Giving homeless people a house doesn’t solve the problem. They’ll trash the house and it’ll cost normal people money.
give it to vets that are homeless. shut up already.
They don’t want the drama next to the base
Understood
So why did they build the houses?
@@kingofthecastlegooglelie5150 If you paid attention it was use before their homes are ready.
Move the veterans in, build a water tower and put up solar/wind power done.
the housing should be annexed by the base, then stratified to military retirees, (disabled first) then to retirees, then to veterans. the base should own the properties, but lease them at cost.
I live in Fairfield and we don’t want anymore low income public housing. Sorry we have enough issues in this city.
Ewww
Gross comment
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This goes to show how heartless and evil some personel at the higher ranks at that base really are and makes us think why is our tax dollars paying these lames anything.
No brainer, I'm so hurt they can't get anything right🤨🤔😞🗽🇺🇸 I'm a veteran looking for a place to live and have the resources to back it up! *its like the people in charge* are hindering us all at every stage of our live's 🤨🇺🇸🗽🤔. This is the most backward place in the entire Universe. Smh 🗽
Ahh! This isn't complicated at all... it's probably not a good idea to have have ghetto low income housing next to a military base.
@K B - are you equating homeless veteran housing to ghetto low income housing?
@@aulii11 nope. But they know very well homeless veterans wouldn't make up the majority of residents. That's just sales pitch these housing advocates are making to the greater public to make the base look unreasonable.