The West Oakland project is part of a growing trend called YIGBY, or Yes in God's Backyard, where churches across the Bay ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Inspired by Moms 4 Housing and the homeless crisis, an Oakland City Councilmember put forth a plan to keep rental units in the hands of the tenants occupying them. RELATED: ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A housing watchdog group, Housing Rights Initiative (HRI), said its sweeping undercover investigation ...

The California Hotel in Oakland, one of the East Bay’s most recognizable landmarks, has seen better days. Most know the historic building in West Oakland by its enormous rooftop sign, which looms over ...

Oakland officials are clearing some of the city’s most challenging homeless encampments, flush with an infusion of state funds and new homeless housing to offer displaced residents. The city has long ...

OAKLAND — An affordable housing development has been proposed for the site of a peace center and former church just north of downtown Oakland, documents on file with city officials show. The Unity ...

OAKLAND — Plans to develop a supportive housing site in Oakland took a step forward with a deal to buy a hotel that would be revamped to accommodate the residences. Real estate developer MPI Homes, ...

Cris Bautista teaches high school in Oakland, California, but to afford to live in the San Francisco Bay Area, he commutes an hour or more to an apartment he shares with another teacher and works ...

Editor’s note: This story was first published in a Pittsburgh’s Public Source neighborhood zine. Look for our printed zines now in Brookline, Carrick, Overbrook and Oakland. At every corner in Oakland ...

With help from a $2.5 million from Oakland County’s housing trust fund, a new 72-unit multifamily housing development has opened in Pontiac. Westwood South Apartments, 837 Golf Drive in Pontiac, have ...