Housing

Oakland’s largest affordable housing provider outsources property management

EBALDC said outsourcing property management will enable the organization to continue providing affordable housing.

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Alameda County to transfer vacant property to Black Cultural Zone for affordable housing development

"This is a win-win-win scenario for community, affordable housing, and East Oakland," Casey Farmer said.

Oakland homelessness encampment closures doubled within last two years

Encampments have shifted towards lower-income and Black and Latino neighborhoods in East Oakland.

East Bay organizations address racial wealth gap, promote Black homeownership

Some racial justice advocates promote Black homeownership as a form of reparations, seeking to address the longstanding effects of slavery.

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“We R Here” Documents ‘Life on the Streets’ in Oakland Through Cell Phone Diaries
A Black woman wearing a beanie is holding back a smile.
One Oakland Woman’s Journey From the Streets to Being an Advocate for the Unsheltered
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Pipe Dreams: Makeshift Living in Oakland is Nothing New

Oakland Voices correspondent Kat Ferreira digs into the history of unhoused populations in Oakland, from Pipe City to the current encampments at the same location.

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Looking back on 2020: My Family’s Housing Journey and A Pandemic
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The Village Oakland’s Needa Bee Speaks Out

"This pandemic has illustrated not only is housing a human right, but a public health intervention." - Needa B

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Love and Justice in the Streets’ Talya Husbands-Hankin sees homelessness as “absolute human rights violation”

“What COVID-19 shows us is that we are all connected, so if we don’t take care of the most vulnerable, everyone will be impacted."