My Oakland Agenda: Oaklanders share their visions for the town
In between bites from a chicken and veggie sandwich, Oakland resident Connor Hunter, 9, read aloud from a poster he had just signed at Lincoln Summer Nights, a community event hosted by a coalition of...
View ArticleAhimsa Collective offers warm, welcoming homes to people reentering world...
When Richard Cruz was released from prison after 30 years, he thought he was free. But when he arrived at an assigned reentry home in Hayward, his family was not allowed inside. He lived with 31 other...
View Article“Every system failed to us!” Flooded out Coliseum Connections’ residents...
Davina Brown was awakened on New Year’s Eve by a car horn that was continuously honking outside her home in Coliseum Connections Apartments on 71st Avenue in Oakland. Looking out the window, she could...
View ArticleDisplaced for 95 days, Coliseum Connections residents demand answers from...
Dozens of displaced Coliseum Connections Apartments residents protested Wednesday, the 95th day of their displacement from a Jan. 1 flood, calling on the city and landlord to do more to get them back...
View ArticleOakland rent moratorium will end July 15
Oakland’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium is set to expire on July 15, the council decided Tuesday, passing an ordinance that also will add permanent tenant protections to address housing instability in...
View ArticleWhat happens next for Wood Street residents after city sweeps encampment?
The Wood Street homeless encampment closed last week, forcing many who lived there into city-run shelters. But more permanent housing solutions are a long way off, including the development planned for...
View ArticleCounty supervisors declare homelessness emergency: ‘We’ve been working...
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted for the first time on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency regarding the homelessness crisis, a move that could unlock additional state and federal...
View ArticleNew law lets churches, colleges get around zoning laws to build housing
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Wednesday that allows churches, synagogues, mosques and other religious organizations along with nonprofit colleges to build affordable housing on their properties. The...
View ArticleWood Street cabin residents say city doing little to get them permanent housing
Residents of Oakland’s 100-bed cabin shelter program on Wood Street have raised concerns about the program’s effectiveness, saying that it is unclear whether they will be able to move into permanent...
View ArticleOakland has four projects and counting, moving people from the street to...
As Oakland confronts an ongoing homelessness crisis, one strategy that has shown promise is buying hotels and motels and converting them into permanent housing. Oakland received $31.5 million from...
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