The Wood Street encampment fire destroyed six vehicles and displaced five people.
Category: Housing & Homelessness
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Find out where your grandparents lived in Oakland with new 1950 census records
Details from 72 years ago are available for the first time, and paint a clearer picture of life in Alameda County and beyond.
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Oakland Home Histories: A legacy of Black homeownership in Maxwell Park
A family buys a charming Tudor house in a moment of immense transition.
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After a fire, more problems for city’s Eastlake tiny-home village
Dewey Academy, the OUSD school next to Lakeview Village, sent a letter to the city demanding changes.
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Kaplan and Fife urge city to seek affordable housing on more public properties
The Clay Street Garage closed in 2016. Two city councilmembers say there’s a better—if costly—use for the site.
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‘We’re your neighbors, and we’re organized.’ An Oakland tenant union rises in the pandemic
Amid a national wave in renter organizing, tenants in eight Oakland buildings organized a 13-month rent strike—and won.
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Fire destroys tiny homes at city-run homeless shelter near Lake Merritt
Nobody was injured but five people were displaced, said the Oakland Fire Department.
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Oakland names new homelessness administrator
Daniel Cooper will be the third person to lead the city’s overall response to the homelessness crisis.
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Lake Merritt Lodge homeless shelter will remain open until December. Then what?
The transitional housing program has been unusually successful, but the city is struggling to find funding to keep it open.
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Will Newsom’s ‘care court’ support homeless Oaklanders with mental illnesses, or force treatment on them?
Mayor Libby Schaaf is backing a proposal to overhaul mental health care in California, but some call it coercion.
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Landlords sue to end eviction moratoriums in Oakland and Alameda County
Several Oakland property owners have joined a broader effort to end eviction bans by filing a lawsuit.
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Volunteers conduct long-awaited homeless count in Oakland, Berkeley
The pandemic likely worsened the homelessness crisis, but a crucial population count was delayed until now.
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Oakland police headquarters could be demolished and moved to make way for housing
The City Council voted to seek proposals for a 600-unit project at the Police Administration Building site downtown.
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A High Street love story: From teen romance to navigating a shared life on the streets
Alejandra and Sergio Ruiz grew up on the same East Oakland block. Now they’re married with kids and still living in their old neighborhood, in a tent at the moment.
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Map: Oakland is crowdsourcing sites for 26,000 new housing units
A new interactive map lets the public weigh in on the city’s next big housing plan.
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‘Mixed feelings’ as redevelopment of Black Panther Party headquarters moves forward
Oakland’s Landmarks Board asked for a deeper historical analysis of the site.
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The Black Panther Party’s original headquarters in North Oakland may be replaced with apartments
The building’s current owner is behind the controversial plan—and he has the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation’s blessing.
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Oakland Home Histories: How an 1800s Victorian became a land trust cooperative
The 12th Avenue building was made for one family. After years of turmoil, its current residents are giving communal living a go.
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Help shape Oakland’s 8-year housing plan
Oakland’s Housing Element must plan for 26,000 new housing units, with a focus on equity.
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New program lets homeless residents access clean drinking water from fire hydrants
After community members pushed for a safe, legal way to access water at encampments, EBMUD changed its policy.