Housing/Foreclosures

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Brooklyn Basin on a Fast Track, Largest Residential Development in City’s History

Posted in Community, Economic Development, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Responsive Government By Ken A. Epstein Media, labor groups and civic leaders were almost…

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Oakland’s Housing Market Skyrockets, Continues to Displace Longtime Residents

By Ken A. Epstein Oakland continues to be plagued by foreclosures and rent increases that threaten to…

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Oakland Considers Backing Richmond’s Eminent Domain Ordinance

Posted in Housing/Foreclosures By Ken A. Epstein Wells Fargo Bank has been lobbying the Oakland City Council to kill…

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Oakland Rents Rise Astronomically, Longtime Home Owners Face Foreclosure

By Ken A. Epstein While numbers of overall foreclosures in Oakland are decreasing, they are more and…

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Speculators Control Oakland Housing Market

Posted in Community, Housing/Foreclosures By Tanya Dennis Existing home sales in the past 24 months have been heavily driven by…

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Effort to Revive Oakland’s Stalled Project to Sell Affordable Homes

Posted in Housing/Foreclosures By Tanya Dennis Concerned housing activists are meeting with the city on how to revive a…

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Bay Area Watches Richmond’s Plan to Help Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure

Posted in Housing/Foreclosures By Tanya Dennis Grace Martinez, an Organizer for the Alliance of Californians in San Francisco, was…

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Oakland Home Defaults on the Rise

Posted in Housing/Foreclosures By Spencer Whitney While home foreclosures in Oakland have fallen in past few months, the city…

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