Is an AI-fueled housing boom — or displacement crisis — about to hit Oakland?
With rents skyrocketing in San Francisco, some analysts say it’s a matter of time before the East Bay sees a “spillover” effect. Others are less sure.
SFPD smashes down door of Elaine Brown’s West Oakland building in robbery search
Officers searched a teenage suspect who doesn’t live at the affordable housing property and got in a confrontation with staff.
## Berkeley land trust aims to keep artists housed in the Bay Area
Artist Space Trust, launched in 2023, wants to make sure the Bay Area can remain a creative hub. Oakland artists have benefited.
Carl Wilson, the former chief of staff for New York Sen. Erik Bottcher, has declared victory over a New York City Council seat in a district seen as the birthplace of the gay rights movement, local news outlets have reported.
Wilson will serve as the fifth consecutive gay representative for Manhattan’s 3rd District in the New York City Council. The district, which includes Stonewall Inn, as…
50 homeless patients at Children’s Hospital will get placed in housing
Families will pay just $250 in rent through the joint program between the Oakland Housing Authority, UCSF, and Alameda Alliance.
‘Now that the building is damaged and vacant’: Broadway landlord looks to sell the day after fire
Three months later, owner Ted Dang and the city of Oakland are locked in a dispute over whether he owes relocation money to the displaced tenants.
The money from Alameda County’s Measure W will help fund supportive housing at People’s Park and affordable homes on a South Berkeley church’s property.
6 housing projects in Oakland get boost from county’s Measure W
City leaders have pushed for Oakland, which is home to the largest share of Alameda County’s homeless residents, to receive the bulk of the $1.4 billion voter-approved measure.
Jeff Kruth and Tammy Schultz write that affordable housing policies are keeping teachers in communities and helping to address teacher shortages.
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