Tanimura & Antle Migrant Worker Housing, Spreckels
1 Harris Road, Salinas | (877) 827-7388, taproduce.com
As the debate over immigration reform rages, one company set out to help cure one of the greatest problems its employees face: affordable, safe and secure housing. How much of a problem was it? A 2015 labor shortage meant T&A had to leave $100,000 worth of produce in the ground. The 100-unit, T&A migrant worker housing project, designed to accommodate 800 adults during the harvest season from April to November, houses domestic and visiting workers. While Spreckels residents predicted the development would result in Armageddon for the tiny town by more than doubling its population, so far, it’s done nothing of the sort.