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Category: Housing & Homelessness
More county hotels for homeless housing, and activists launch their own program
Alameda County could buy the hotels it’s renting. “Hotels Not Graves” secures more Oakland rooms for unhoused people.
Despite the COVID eviction freeze, these Oakland tenants might be legally displaced
Housing attorneys say they’re seeing more landlords invoke the Ellis Act during the pandemic.
Oakland renters might get more protection from harassment and evictions
Tenants say they need more protections during the pandemic. Landlords worry the new rules could be abused.
Call 911 for a counselor? Oakland will pilot one alternative to police
The MACRO program will replace officers with mental health counselors and EMTs to respond to nonviolent emergencies.
Caltrans orders West Oakland homeless campers to leave for a site clean-up
The agency began clearing out the Wood Street camp—one of Oakland’s largest—early Tuesday morning.
Evictions in Oakland and the pandemic: everything you wanted to know
We asked residents what questions they have about Oakland’s eviction moratorium, then asked experts to provide answers.
How we’ll report on housing and homelessness
Every aspect of daily life in Oakland intersects with housing, in ways visible and unseen.
Oakland’s old Lake Merritt Lodge will become a COVID-19 homeless shelter
Advocates hope Alameda County will buy other empty buildings to become housing for unsheltered Oaklanders.
Should funds for parks and homeless services pay for Oakland cops?
A decision on how to spend Measure Q revenue comes as activists urge the city to “defund the police.”