Housing & Homelessness Archives

State gives Oakland $20 million for homeless housing

by Natalie Orenstein September 22, 2020September 22, 2020

Coronavirus relief funds will help convert a former college dorm in Rockridge and 20 single-family homes into 163 units of permanent affordable housing.

Oakland ‘respite centers’ provided clean air, but only after weeks of smoky skies

by Sarah Belle Lin and Natalie Orenstein September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

Unsheltered in Oakland, and coping with hazardous wildfire smoke

by Nina Riggio September 14, 2020September 18, 2020

Oakland wants to buy more than 20 buildings for homeless and COVID-19 housing

by Natalie Orenstein August 27, 2020August 28, 2020

County deal to buy old Lake Merritt Lodge for COVID-19 shelter collapses

by Natalie Orenstein August 13, 2020August 13, 2020

Who’s moving to Oakland during the pandemic, and why?

by Natalie Orenstein August 11, 2020August 11, 2020

A colorful ‘tiny house village’ for youth is opening in Oakland

by Natalie Orenstein August 5, 2020August 6, 2020

‘Radical Real Estate Law School’ is in session

by Natalie Orenstein July 30, 2020July 30, 2020

RV dwellers can live on vacant lots, through new Oakland program

by Natalie Orenstein July 23, 2020July 27, 2020

What the ‘Warriors House’ can teach us about predatory lending in Oakland

by Natalie Orenstein July 21, 2020July 21, 2020