East Bay Rental Housing Association Archives

Housing & Homelessness

Small landlords could get new help in Oakland rent disputes

by Natalie Orenstein June 14, 2023, 12:30 p.m.June 14, 2023, 12:56 p.m.

The East Bay Rental Housing Association would support property owners in Rent Adjustment Program hearings under a new proposal.

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Housing & Homelessness

The beginning of the end of Oakland’s eviction moratorium?

by Natalie Orenstein March 23, 2023, 1:45 p.m.March 23, 2023, 1:45 p.m.

Councilmembers say the eviction ban should be phased out while new tenant protections are created.

Housing & Homelessness

Landlords rally and disrupt Oakland City Council meeting, demanding end to eviction moratorium

by Natalie Orenstein March 22, 2023, 4:39 p.m.March 22, 2023, 5:01 p.m.

Oakland has yet to set an expiration date for the pandemic policy.

A woman speaks through a megaphone as people gather behind her under umbrellas. They're holding banners that say "eviction moratorium is robbery."

Housing & Homelessness

Alameda County’s eviction moratorium will expire at the end of April

by Natalie Orenstein March 1, 2023, 4:51 p.m.March 2, 2023, 5:01 p.m.

Oakland’s ban on evictions will remain for now but passions were high Tuesday as county officials rejected tenant protection policies amid a landlord protest.

Housing & Homelessness

Rent control for RVs? Policy could extend protections to nontraditional tenants

by Natalie Orenstein Oct. 22, 2021, 1:41 p.m.Oct. 22, 2021, 1:41 p.m.

The rent control policy is part of a package of laws that could make it easier to build, and live in, new types of housing in Oakland.