New farmworker housing project emerges in Sunnyside amid labor and immigration shifts

By: Monica Carrillo-Casas

Outlets: The Spokesman-Review

Published: May 7, 2026

Words: 674

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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A hotel in central Washington is being converted to a temporary home for farmworkers as a change in federal law makes it easier to pay them less.

Recent documents and a newly created website show Sunnyside’s FairBridge Inn & Suites is transitioning to H-2A worker housing, though no formal announcements have been made publicly.

According to Yakima County records, the Sunnyside FairBridge Inn & Suites was sold Dec. 9 for $2.9 million to Central Valley …

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