Oakland's Plan to Save Affordable Housing

The housing boom has come to Oakland, and officials are afraid that affordable housing will be the first to be lost.

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July 18, 2000, 8:00 AM PDT

Feeling pressure from the housing boom in cities surrounding Oakland, the city is now also faced with a housing shortage and soaring home prices. The Oakland City Council task force announced a plan to preserve affordable housing and encourage more to be built. Among the task force recommendations: the city should buy and fix up available properties in threatened neighborhoods to keep them out of the hands of land speculators; require affordable units that are demolished to be replaced, one for one; adopt a policy of preserving the city's single-room-occupancy hotels.

Thanks to Chris Steins

Read the full story: Oakland Wants To Save Housing: Low-income residents 'threatened' by boom

Tuesday, July 18, 2000 in The San Francisco Chronicle

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