Farmworkers pick strawberries in May on the Ramos Farm on Ranport Road outside of Watsonville, a few miles from the Buena Vista Migrant Center. - Xavier Mascareñas/The Sacramento Bee/TNS
Many migrant farmworkers living in California-run housing would settle full time in their communities if they could find affordable housing, and their children struggle to keep up in school as a result of frequent moves. This is what The Sacramento Bee learned during a year-long investigation into the state’s 24 migrant farmworker housing centers, which provide subsidized units for seasonal workers. Reporters visited seven centers in Northern California, the San Joaquin Valley and on the Central Coast. They surveyed 150 families about their experiences living in the housing and moving every ye...
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