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Article: Indecision leaves residents of development in limbo
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- April 12, 2009
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DUBLIN -- Rhenae Keyes does not have next door neighbors at
Arroyo Vista, the 150-unit public housing development she lives in
with her 14-year-old daughter.
Keyes, like most of the tenants of Dublin's only public housing
project, has empty units surrounding her.
The unit to the left of Keyes' four-bedroom home is vacant with
boarded up windows and a dry patch of brown grass out front. The
unit to her right is painted a dull pink and also empty, with tan
plywood covering the windows. The small patch of lawn in front is
dead.
"It's totally depressing," said Keyes, 49, about her
neighborhood. "Arroyo Vista, the name itself is supposed to be 'good
view.' There is no good view here."
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