Oakland

March 3, 2016

Support Letters Needed for NPH-sponsored AB 2031!

Support letters needed now - AB 2031 speeds up the process to construct desperately needed affordable housing by allowing a city to issue bonds serviced by “boomerang funds”.
March 3, 2016

City of Oakland, Bonta Offer New Tool to Build Affordable Housing

(Sacramento, CA) – Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) today introduced AB 2031 to empower California cities with a new tool to address the growing affordable housing crisis. The bill is sponsored by the City of Oakland.   “The affordable housing crisis affects everyone—from children, workers, and veterans to college students and seniors,” explained Assemblymember Bonta. “Far too many of California’s working families are spending more than half of their income on housing, sometimes leaving them forced to choose between a roof…
April 12, 2016

NPH Political Director presents to Assembly Select Committee on Regional Planning in SF Bay Area

NPH urged State Assembly members to prioritize creating affordable homes for those most in need, and improving jobs/housing fit in testimony before the Assembly Select Committee in Oakland April 8.
November 7, 2022

KQED: In Pushing Affordable Housing Measures, Local Leaders Ask Voters to Contend With Racist Housing Law

Oakland City Councilmember Carroll Fife wants you to know what Article 34 is. She wants you to face it, in all its historical ugliness, and do something about it.