Amid a national wave in renter organizing, tenants in eight Oakland buildings organized a 13-month rent strike—and won.
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2 years into a rent strike, Fruitvale tenants say they have a deal to buy their building
The renters were dressed up and ready to march to their landlords’ house in Alameda this week—then they got some hopeful news.
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Mayor asks more Oakland landlords to rent to Section 8 tenants
Oakland recently received 500 new Housing Choice Vouchers, but tenants who receive them often struggle to find a property they can rent.
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New program will help 200 Oakland tenants pay rent for 18 months
Mayor Libby Schaaf’s “shallow subsidy” pilot, funded by philanthropy, is intended to prevent homelessness.
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Rent control for RVs? Policy could extend protections to nontraditional tenants
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.