Resident Marie Harrison believes that the current situation brings all ethnicities together. We have not only a large African American population, but a large Pacific Islander, Asian American population, and a large Latino population. Part of the problem is that the basis of low income housing is based on moderate income levels. No one will tell me what affordable housing means. Moreover, the CBE advises that the median income levels be based on the Bayview Hunters Point incomes and not include high-income areas such as Marin and San Mateo County.
Gentrification is another major concern of the community.
Residents fear that they will be forced to move out of their own neighborhood after building improvements drive up property values. Our families would be torn apart. We would have to move in with our extended families and be displaced to Oakland or Richmond. The situation for right now is that many families are displaced. Victor Marquez, an attorney representing Lennar, explained that the development company would do its best not to displace residents.