Posts Tagged ‘homelessness’
Homeless Oaklanders struggle to rebuild lives after fire destroys encampment
On Sunday, October 20, a fire tore through a section of the East 12th Street homeless encampment.
Read MoreOakland committee approves new plan to address homelessness
Oakland City Council Life Enrichment Committee draws a plan to address homelessness and help African American families who seem to be more vulnerable to the housing crisis.
Read MoreBond Street homeless camp residents face impending eviction
In Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood, tension has been brewing as neighbors push city officials to evict people from a homeless encampment, which they say endangers children walking to school and creates health hazards. The camp on Bond Street, where around 12 people live, sits between 42nd and High Streets. The camp consists of a mix of…
Read MoreCity council renews declaration of local emergency on homelessness
On Tuesday, the Oakland City Council declared a state of emergency on homelessness and passed a resolution renewing a longstanding emergency declaration regarding the AIDS epidemic.
Read MoreHomeless advocates express questions, concerns about new family shelter
At Tuesday’s Life Enrichment Committee meeting, residents, advocates, and city council members expressed concerns about a new family shelter.
Read MoreOakland women aim to “eradicate homelessness” by fundraising to build cabin communities
Oakland residents have started a trend to independently fund cabin communities for the homeless.
Read MoreOfficials cite fire hazards in demolition of East Oakland homeless encampment
Early Wednesday morning, city police, BART police and employees from Oakland’s Department of Public Works demolished 21 pallet homes from the curbside homeless encampment on San Leandro Avenue in East Oakland, citing fire hazards.
Read MoreInterfaith volunteers aim to house homeless youth in tiny homes
In West Oakland, volunteers constructed a tiny house village intended for young people.
Read MoreOakland considers jail conversion for homeless housing
A closed downtown Oakland jail could become a new homeless shelter.
Read MoreA Poor People’s Campaign invokes Dr. King in its call for economic equality
Organizers said the main objective of the event was to amplify the voices of people most affected by poverty, and to challenge the notion that the poor are to be blamed for their poverty.
Read MoreOakland City Council committee checks progress on solutions for homelessness
The City of Oakland is working to provide safe sites for homeless living in their RVs and more sanitation services at encampments in an effort to help address the city’s homeless crisis.
Read MorePanel discusses resolving homelessness in the East Bay
Over the years, Nella Gonçalves has become very used to hearing a certain question: “Ew, you work with the homeless? Don’t they stink?” Gonçalves is the deputy director of Beyond Emancipation, an organization that helps foster youth transition into lives as independent adults. Gonçalves meets a lot of very young people in very difficult positions;…
Read MoreCan tiny houses be an answer for students without a home?
Laney College students, who were homeless, have moved into a Pocket House—a type of tiny house—that could serve as part of a solution to the housing crisis in Oakland.
Read MoreMeasure W proposes a tax on vacant properties in Oakland
Funds raised by the tax would go toward solutions for Oakland’s increasing homelessness epidemic, and a quarter would be earmarked for addressing blight and illegal dumping.
Read MoreAbandoned or lost? Oaklanders living in cars have homes towed away
Captain Tony Jones of the Oakland Police Department spoke at a city council meeting in September about the number of abandoned cars in East Oakland. A large number of the homeless people who live in their cars have complained that their cars, which serve as their shelters, are being towed.
Read MoreAfter fire, homeless residents of The Village have bigger concerns
Watch how residents of The Village, a homeless encampment in East Oakland, are recovering after a fire displaced 37 people. And see how a fire is the least of residents’ worries in the coming months.
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