Housing
Without a rent control ordinance, San Pablo mobile home park residents face unchecked hikes
Soaring housing costs make life even more challenging for Oakland’s unaccompanied minors
Amid staggering cost of living and debt, young migrants’ mental health needs take a back seat.
Poisoned pipes and painted walls: Oakland’s pervasive lead problem
Our four-month-long investigation, led by reporters Jasmine Aguilera and Cassandra Garibay, reveals that the city of Oakland’s lead contamination persists despite a multimillion-dollar fund from a 2019 lead paint settlement.
Oakland renters at risk of lead exposure asked, “What are our rights?”
These are eight of the most common renter’s rights questions that came up in El Tímpano’s investigation on lead exposure.
“Making a complaint can feel dangerous.” Oakland’s slow moves on inspections puts the onus on tenants
Despite high rates of dilapidated housing and an ongoing lead crisis, a proactive approach to rental inspections still doesn’t have a launch date.
Officials from around Alameda County call Oakland’s inaction on lead a “dereliction of duty”
County officials urge Oakland to use lead settlement funds to remedy lead contamination in Oakland schools’ water.
Rent control is on the ballot again
Proposition 33 aims to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Act, potentially easing housing burden for immigrant communities.
‘California is expensive and we have to make difficult decisions to survive’
Lyssette Mendoza lived with her ex-partner for two years because she could not pay rent for herself and her daughters alone, even though she had two jobs.
Aging farmworkers in Half Moon Bay want a place to ‘rest with dignity’
Senior farmworker housing is approved after years of advocacy and a singular tragedy.
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