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<div dir="ltr">That's hardly news, but the fact that National Public Radio reports on it on Morning Edition nationwide<br>is news.<br><br>I've seen City policies in Palo Alto further a systematic campaign for 40 years of demolishing low-cost <br>housing so that real estate developers can profit from the construction of luxury apartments and <br>million-dollar McMansions. Just as purse-snatchers target the old ladies, the real estate profiteers<br>target the homes of low-income people.<br><br>http://www.npr.org/2013/10/15/227807022/silicon-valley-trailer-park-residents-fight-to-stay<br><br>Sunny Palo Alto, Calif., is awash in multimillion-dollar homes,
luxury Tesla electric cars and other financial fruits from a digital
revolution the city helped spark. The Silicon Valley city is home to
Stanford University, at least eight billionaires, and one mobile home
park.<br><br> Now, Buena Vista Mobile Home Park — one of the largest
and one of the few remaining affordable housing options here — is
threatened with closure. The owners want to to a developer who plans to
build luxury apartments for the high-tech corridor's growing workforce.
The park's low-income, mostly Latino residents are fighting to stay in
their community and to keep their kids in one of California's best
school districts.<br><br> The fight shows the less-publicized
underbelly of Silicon Valley's incredible successes: unequal access to
education, and the marginalization of some low-income workers.<br><br> </div></div> </div></body>
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