The Uptown renters and landlord will hash it out at a hearing Monday with the city, which has found habitability violations at the property.
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Who lives in downtown Oakland’s shiny new apartment towers?
Oakland’s gone through a building boom. How many people are living in this new housing, and what’s life like downtown?
There are 2,600 illegal Airbnbs in Oakland. The city could rein them in
The city is working on regulations for short-term rentals, years in the making.
Oakland Cannery artists are getting squeezed out by the cannabis industry
Residents of one of Oakland’s oldest live-work warehouses are facing an Ellis Act eviction.
Landlord says city is responsible for flood that displaced hundreds of East Oakland tenants
Developer Michael Johnson filed a claim for financial damages, while tenants gathered this week to reflect on eight months of loss, uncertainty, and stress.
Bedbugs, break-ins plague Uptown senior housing, tenants say
Residents and organizers are pushing the city to launch a rental inspection program to catch habitability issues.
At Alameda County eviction court, one judge tries to swim through a tsunami
With pandemic eviction moratoriums over, cases have shot up and the court is overwhelmed. Meet the sole judge handling the influx.
Flooded East Oakland apartment building has cost city $5.7 million
Residents of Coliseum Connections have been uprooted for seven months. They recently protested outside their landlord’s home.
Why we created an affordable housing guide for Oakland and Berkeley
We often hear from residents eager to find an inexpensive, safe place to live in the East Bay. We published a resource guide to help.
Small landlords could get new help in Oakland rent disputes
The East Bay Rental Housing Association would support property owners in Rent Adjustment Program hearings under a new proposal.
Under a new Oakland law, there could be fewer ‘trivial’ evictions
Landlords trying to evict over a lease violation will have to prove that it caused them “substantial actual injury.”
Evictions cases are rising fast after end of Alameda County moratorium
Oakland’s moratorium is still in place but ends in July. Berkeley’s expires Aug. 31.
Oakland’s eviction moratorium will end July 15
At a City Council meeting that lasted until midnight, officials voted to sunset the pandemic policy while adopting new tenant protections.
When to end Oakland’s eviction moratorium? Council will decide Tuesday
Officials will also decide whether to increase the support for displaced Coliseum Connections tenants to $4 million.
Broken glass ‘showering’ sidewalks from a downtown Oakland highrise
Tenants say shards of glass have repeatedly fallen on their balconies and the sidewalks of 17th Street and Broadway.
Landlords rally and disrupt Oakland City Council meeting, demanding end to eviction moratorium
Oakland has yet to set an expiration date for the pandemic policy.
Alameda County’s eviction moratorium will expire at the end of April
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.
Don’t sue, don’t talk: Renters asked to ‘sign away rights’ for compensation
Tenants in a downtown Oakland “co-living” building were asked to agree to some unusual terms in order to receive a rent reduction after a hot water outage.
City will pay up to $2 million for hotels to house East Oakland flood victims
Displaced Coliseum Connection renters said they’re “appalled” by the lack of assistance they’ve gotten.
Their East Oakland homes flooded a month ago. They still can’t return
The Coliseum Connections landlord hasn’t filed for permits to begin necessary electrical repairs, the city said.