We found a house
By: [author not identified]
Published: 1980
Language: eng
Subjects: Abandoned houses
Description: Life is good for many people in the Bay Area but for others housing is a serious problem. Four families have occupied two houses on Eight Street, owned by the City of Berkeley. These houses were bought and boarded up 5 years ago by the city and left in horrible condition despite the severe shortage of housing in the area. People moved into these houses and started to fix them up. Two weeks later, the city administration cut the water and electrical services to the premises.
Notes: "September 24, 1980."

A special Public Hearing before the Berkeley City Council was called to consider the matter as well as the fate of all abandoned buildings in Berkeley.