Current and former tenants of the Del Island apartment complex have filed a lawsuit in San Diego County Superior Court against the property’s corporate owners and the City of Coronado, challenging actions they say violated state affordable housing laws and led to the displacement of low-income residents.

The case, Del Island Tenants v. 308 Orange, LLC, et al., was filed in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, and names multiple corporate entities as defendants along with the City of Coronado.

“When the building owners accepted public funding to rehabilitate their private property, they entered into a contract with the City to keep the housing affordable and follow the laws of the state,” said Melody Osuna, staff attorney for the Public Interest Law Project. “Both the City and the owners have fallen short in their duties here.”

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