Affordable Housing

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Local Volunteers Head for Central Valley to Overturn Republican Control of Congress

Volunteer canvassers for Working America go door to door to talk to residents about fundamental issues that…

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Carroll Fife Named Director of Oakland/San Francisco ACCE

Posted in Affordable Housing, Against White Supremacy, Community, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Labor, Oakland Job Programs By Ken Epstein Carroll Fife, community activist and co-founder…

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Communities Mobilize to Repeal State Law That Restricts Renter Protections

Posted in Affordable Housing, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Responsive Government By Post Staff Rob Bonta and two other member of the State Assembly…

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Oakland City Councilmembers Reluctant to Call Housing State of Emergency

Posted in Affordable Housing, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein The City of Alameda has been in the spotlight in the…

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Community Protesters: Amid Housing Crisis, Why is Council Funding More Police?

Posted in Affordable Housing, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Police-Public Safety By Tulio Ospina The Oakland City Council voted Tuesday evening to accept a controversial…

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Neighborhood Coalition Awaits City Council Decision on East 12th Street Development

Posted in Affordable Housing, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures By Tulio Ospina The East 12th Wishlist Design Team, supported by the neighborhood coalition Eastlake…

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Oakland Steps Out for Faith with a Joyful Noise

Posted in Affordable Housing, Arts and Culture, Community, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, History and remembering, Housing/Foreclosures, Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling On Saturday, Nov. 7, churches and community…

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Gentrification Threatens Oakland Churches and Artists

Posted in Affordable Housing, Arts and Culture, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Oakland Job Programs, Racial profiling, Restorative Justice Coalition of faith-based, housing and cultural groups…

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Community Turns Up the Volume to Defend Residents and Businesses

Posted in Affordable Housing, Arts and Culture, Business, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures Activists demand “Development Without Displacement” after mayor’s staff says there is…

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Oakland Anti-Displacement Coalition Says “Speak Out to Stay Put!”

Carroll Fife (top left), a co-founder of the Oakland Alliance, spoke at a workshop on developing an…

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