Oakland’s vacant property tax is meant to encourage housing on empty lots. Is there a loophole that does the opposite?
Category: Housing & Homelessness
Posted inArts & Community
Plans for East Oakland’s Liberation Park include affordable housing, commercial and creative space
The Black Cultural Zone has operated the community hub on vacant land for more than a year. Now, the group wants to build on its vision.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Oakland Home Histories: Wartime housing, mink scarves, and making room for change
An Adams Point triplex owner asks: Which parts of the past are worth preserving?
Posted inHealth & Environment
‘Invisible’ overdoses are hiding the true scale of Alameda County’s opioid crisis
Far from being passive victims, opioid users on Oakland streets use Narcan to save each other’s lives by the hundreds each year. But those rescues go uncounted by the government.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
With $6.6 million grant, homeless youth in Alameda County will design programs for their community
Young unhoused people in Oakland and surrounding cities will lead the decision-making process about how to use the federal grant.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
What’s house-hunting in Oakland like when you have a disability?
Stephen Beard, a Bay Area real estate agent who helps clients find accessible housing, shares reflections and resources.
Posted inEducation Equity
Oakland expands program to subsidize housing for aspiring teachers
Teachers Rooted in Oakland aims to address issues of teacher diversity, retention, and housing affordability.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
‘Care village’ brings massages, rent help, vaccines to downtown Oakland on Friday
The event, hosted by LavaMaeX and the city of Oakland, features numerous service providers, including health, employment, and housing agencies.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Proposed ban on backyard cottages in the Oakland hills moves forward
The Oakland Planning Commission approved a controversial policy limiting the construction of ADUs in the hills, hoping to ease evacuation during fires.
Posted inHealth & Environment
Opioid overdoses are up, posing another health challenge for unhoused people
As COVID intensifies the overdose crisis in Alameda County and elsewhere, harm reduction advocates step in where government lags.