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House Farm Workers We promote affordable, safe, and stable housing for VC farm workers and their families thru advocacy. The need for more and better farm-worker housing is acute.

Ventura County’s farms and ranches employ nearly 23,000 men and women. These farm workers are the backbone of Ventura County’s $2 billion-a-year agricultural industry. Without them, crops would not be harvested, and the lush landscape of green fields and orchards would go untended. The average income of those workers is about $22,000 a year. Yet the average apartment rent in Ventura County is more than $18,000 a year. This combination of low wages and high housing costs means farm workers often must pool their resources to live in overcrowded apartments, motel rooms or houses. Sometimes they live in garages or sheds neither intended nor fit for human habitation. Since 2004, HFW! and its partners have been working to change that. Thanks to these efforts, several such housing developments have been completed in Ventura County, giving new opportunities and new hope to hundreds of families. More than 1,000 rental units have been built or are under development. Our work is carried forward by a countywide task force and city committees in Camarillo, Fillmore, Oxnard, Santa Paula, Ventura and, most recently, Moorpark. During the past eight years, more than 300 volunteers, supported by one full-time staff person, have shown our films, Mi Casa Es Su Casa, A Home of Their Own, and From Harvest to Home, to over 5,000 people. These volunteers have also testified before city councils, and presented special events to raise awareness of the need and to support proposed projects and policies. Much more remains to be done. House Farm Workers! invites everyone who cares about farming and farm workers to join it in its mission to “support and promote the provision of safe, decent and affordable housing for all farm workers and their families.”

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10/13/2026

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Opportunities and Threats to Housing our Essential Workforce: Planting seeds and laying groundwork for farmworker housing

House Farm Workers! was honored to present the Ventura County Farmworker Housing Study and Action Plan alongside the Cou...
10/03/2026

House Farm Workers! was honored to present the Ventura County Farmworker Housing Study and Action Plan alongside the County of Ventura’s RMA department during the Housing Opportunities Made Easier Conference.
We opened the presentation with a video describing the project and highlighting a local farmworker. To view the video please visit: https://lnkd.in/g7yTq6-5

Join us for a discussion on housing Ventura County's essential workforce during our Countywide Forum:Opportunities and T...
09/25/2026

Join us for a discussion on housing Ventura County's essential workforce during our Countywide Forum:

Opportunities and Threats to Housing our Essential Workforce: Planting seeds and laying groundwork for farmworker housing

With welcoming speaker, Martita Martinez-Bravo

Thank you, County of Ventura Board of Supervisors, for approving the Ventura County Farmworker Housing Study and Action ...
09/23/2026

Thank you, County of Ventura Board of Supervisors, for approving the Ventura County Farmworker Housing Study and Action Plan (agenda item #51) to be received and filed during your meeting yesterday.
Congratulations to the project team: Ellen Brokaw, Dave Ward, Debbie Jackson, Jennifer Coile, and Co-Project Managers Ruchita Kadakia and Gabrielle Vignone.
We look forward to presenting the Ventura County Farmworker Housing Study and Action Plan during the Housing Opportunities Made Easier Conference next week.

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09/18/2026

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Email from House Farm Workers Sharing a message from the County of Ventura about the Ventura County Farmworker Housing Study and Action Plan. Compartimos un mensaje del condado de Ventura sobre el Est

09/03/2026

In April of 2026, the County of Ventura and House Farm Workers! , held a Farmworker Focus Group, as part of the engagement around the Ventura County Farmworker Housing Study and Action Plan. Some feedback from a local farmworker who attended the event.

This event was coordinated by Co-Project Managers of the Study, Ruchita Kadakia and Gabrielle Vignone, and funded by the Southern California Association of Governments.

Thank you, Wendy Chau @ U.S. Bank, for inviting House Farm Workers! to a community event that brought together leaders f...
08/04/2026

Thank you, Wendy Chau @ U.S. Bank, for inviting House Farm Workers! to a community event that brought together leaders from Santa Barbara, Ventura & San Luis Obispo. With the event hosted at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, we were able to take in the beauty of nature while making valuable connections. We were honored to join a backstage tour of the Garden’s fascinating seed bank and pressed plants, some of which date back to the 1800s.

Truly a wonderful time. Thank you, U.S. Bank!

08/03/2026

Every year, we sit down with our scholarship recipients to hear more from them about what it means to receive the Ellen Brokaw House Farm Worker! Scholarship.

Here is what Melany Jacobo had to say.

If you would like to donate to scholarships, please visit : https//housefarmworkers.org/donate/ (in the comment box; please note that it is for scholarships.)

08/03/2026

Every year, we sit down with our scholarship recipients to hear more from them about what it means to receive the Ellen Brokaw House Farm Worker! Scholarship.

Here is what Erika Hernandez had to say.

If you would like to donate to scholarships, please visit : https//housefarmworkers.org/donate/ (in the comment box; please note that it is for scholarships.)

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