VA: They’ve been living in shacks by the water in Norfolk. Now they have to go — but where?

Officially, the prime spit of waterfront property off the Campostella Bridge – valued at $1.6 million – has been vacant for years. A plan to build 246 apartments there, approved by the city in 2011, fell through. But unbeknownst to the owners, the land has already been occupied. Gina Gallegos and her boyfriend, ____ ____, arrived 18 months ago and claimed a large clearing in the trees. Gino Linn Reid has lived next door, deeper into the woods, for four years. By most definitions, they’re homeless. But the homes they’ve…

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