Housing Policy
Christian Britschgi | 4.2.2024 7:00 AM
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include:
But first, our lead story on a former government employee in California being criminally charged for bringing in a housing project on time and under budget.
A former California government agency employee has become a YIMBY folk hero of sorts for building an apartment unit for himself within an existing train station.
This past week, the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office charged former Caltrain Deputy Director of Operations Joe Navarro and contractor Seth Worden for allegedly misappropriating $50,000 in government funds to convert two closed train station offices into small, private apartments.
According to prosecutors, Navarro built the apartment for himself at the Caltrain station in Burlingame, California, including a shower, kitchenette, and bedroom, for $42,000 in 2019. An anonymous tipster alerted authorities to the apartment in 2022.
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Christian Britschgi is a reporter at Reason.
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Housing Policy
Christian Britschgi | 4.2.2024 7:00 AM
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include:
But first, our lead story on a former government employee in California being criminally charged for bringing in a housing project on time and under budget.
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