Housing Archives - Oakland Voices

Oakland’s largest affordable housing provider outsources property management

August 17, 2026 Rasheed Shabazz

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

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

July 30, 2026 Bella Liu

“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

July 13, 2026 Bella Liu

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

East Bay organizations address racial wealth gap, promote Black homeownership

December 26, 2024 Katharine Davies Samway

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

November 10, 2022 Eduardo Jimenez

On the opening of his vignette, James “DJ Nyce” Goodwin looks into his cellphone camera resting on the Volkwagen bug’s dashboard that he lives in and bluntly declares that he is homeless. He then explains

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

December 23, 2021 Debora Gordon

On any given night, over half a million Americans experience homelessness. A 2019 count indicated more than 4,000 unhoused residents live in Oakland. Resheemah White, also known to friends as “RoRo,” was one of them

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Pipe Dreams: Makeshift Living in Oakland is Nothing New

May 11, 2021 Kat Ferreira

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

January 5, 2021 Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross

Editor’s Note: We asked our alumni and correspondents to reflect on 2020, and/or what to look forward to in 2021. Below, poet/writer Aqueila M. Lewis reflects on what a year 2020 has been for her