In 2019, the California Division of Labor Standards served a Civil Wage and Penalty Assessment on CFY and their sub-contractor Norogachi Construction, claiming workers were owed more than $1.7 million in wages and cited the companies for more than $800,000 in penalties. The amounts were due as a result of CFY and Norogachi violating California prevailing wage laws, which require taxpayer funds be provided to workers and not pocketed by their employers. The project was the 700 K Street project – a public works project awarded to CFY by the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency. Ultimately, CFY settled the Civil Wage and Penalty Assessment.

Combined, CFY and companies they have used on their projects have been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 89 violations - 25 of which were “Serious” violations - and $276,001 in penalties, which they forced to settle for 84 violations – 21 of which were “Serious” – and $184,694. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration: “A serious violation exists when the workplace hazard could cause an accident or illness that would most likely result in death or serious physical harm.”

From one 2016 inspection, CFY was cited for 8 violations, including 3 Repeat violations – one of which was for failing to maintain an Accident Protection Program.

If CFY has forced you to work under dangerous conditions, cheated you of wages/benefits, or harassed you on one of their projects, click here to share your story.

According to their website, CFY Development has approximately 3,000 units under management. Searches of superior courts across California found more than 450 evictions served on residents at these properties.

If CFY or the company managing the property has ever threatened you with eviction, unfairly raised rents, or unfairly harassed you please click here to share your story.

Affordable housing projects developed by CFY, their partners, their owners and executives, and their affiliated businesses have received nearly $69 million in federal and state tax credits. However, in many of the areas where millions of taxpayer dollars subsidize CFY housing projects, affordable housing problems have only gotten worse.

For instance, over the past 10 years CFY has received more than $8 million in federal tax credits and more than $9.5 million in tax credits from the state to dedicate more than 500 units of the 871 units in their Sacramento buildings to be “low-income units.” However, only about 9% of those low-income units are for acutely low income and extremely low-income individuals and families.