Posts Tagged ‘tenants’ rights’
Oakland’s black residents gather around housing rights
Oakland residents met this past Saturday to discuss housing affordability and the future of their community.
Read MoreOakland council votes in an emergency moratorium to protect duplex renters
Oakland city council voted in an emergency moratorium to temporarily protect duplex renters from rent control exemptions. These exemptions apply to housing units where a landlord lives within the duplex or triplex with the renters.
Read MoreOakland City Council backs teachers; doesn’t vote on rent protections
The Oakland City Council meeting ended in confusion and shouts of anger Tuesday night after a legal issue delayed a vote on an ordinance that would have extended rent control protections to tenants living in own-occupied duplexes and triplexes. “What’s the issue?” shouted attendee Reisa Jaffe at new Council President Rebecca Kaplan (at-large). “I’d like…
Read MoreLandlords, renters weigh in as rent control exemption moratorium reaches expiration
Oakland City Council has just six weeks to act before a controversial rent control exemption goes back into effect after a temporary moratorium.
Read MoreAfter contentious meeting, Tenant Protection Ordinance will advance
Emotions ran high as tenants, landlords and council members discussed whether or not to pass the Tenant Protection Ordinance during a Special Community and Economic Development Committee meeting on Tuesday afternoon. The Ordinance was ultimately passed in committee and will now pass to the City Council.
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