After the city of Richmond, California, declared the Hacienda public housing complex uninhabitable and evacuated the last of the residents three months ago, homeless people broke into the empty apartments – and stayed.
Hacienda
2 years later, neglected Bay Area housing project is finally emptied
The last elderly and disabled residents of the worst public housing complex in Richmond, California, have moved out, nearly two years after the city’s
Housing consultant offers few viable options for evacuating residents
After scouring the rental market to find new homes for displaced residents from a run-down public housing complex, the Richmond Housing Authority has come up with landlords who don’t accept public housing vouchers or have no vacancies, one extended-stay hotel and a commercial building that is for sale.
FBI joins fraud investigation of Bay Area public housing agency
A government probe into allegations of nepotism and fraud at the Richmond Housing Authority has expanded, with local police now joined by a team of FBI agents, federal housing investigators and county prosecutors.
Neglected housing project to be emptied within 6 months, officials say
Residents of the Richmond, California, public housing complex, many of whom are elderly and disabled, will be given Section 8 vouchers next week, along with assistance to help them find housing on the private market.
Moving day on horizon for residents of Bay Area public housing complex
The federal government approved the estimated $1 million needed to relocate the residents of the Hacienda building – Richmond, California’s worst public housing complex – nearly a year after city officials deemed it uninhabitable.
What made this Bay Area housing agency one of the worst in the country
The federal government recently removed the Richmond Housing Authority from its worst-of-the-worst list, but the San Francisco Bay Area city’s public housing system continues to be plagued with problems.
Worst public housing complex in Richmond, Calif., to be emptied
The City Council votes in favor of giving residents of the Hacienda complex vouchers to move to private housing.
Residents live in filth, fear in mismanaged Bay Area public housing
Some of the poorest, oldest and most vulnerable people in the Bay Area live in Richmond public housing, where vermin and crime are known problems. But residents say their pleas for help are going ignored.
Financial abuse, mismanagement leave housing agency on verge of takeover
California’s Richmond Housing Authority, racked by mismanagement and fiscal abuse, must meet key benchmarks or be taken over by the federal government.