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"content": "\u003cp>In 2009, East Bay resident Lisa Teague lost their home. Eighteen months later – after living with a friend in Albany and moving between different motels in Oakland – they were able to secure housing through a Section 8 lottery. Teague’s new home was located near People’s Park, a few blocks from the UC Berkeley campus. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The park quickly became a beacon of comfort and community for them. Teague was able to make connections with the unhoused residents of the park and pick up meals or other donated resources. The park community also helped Teague immensely by welcoming them into a safe space. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was really shaky, I had a tough time,\" Teague said. \"The park community and the resources helped more than I can say until I got it together.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t until 2018 – when UC Berkeley announced plans to build a student housing development on the park's location – that Teague decided to join local organizers as a member of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/savepeoplespark/\">People's Park Committee\u003c/a>, a group dedicated to taking care of the park grounds and its residents by distributing meals in partnership with \u003ca href=\"https://eastbayfoodnotbombs.org/about/\">East Bay Food Not Bombs\u003c/a>. Teague said the university has done little to acknowledge the communal significance behind the park. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You would think that if they wanted to have a relationship with the city that they would respect the fact that People’s Park is a Berkeley landmark. It has been since 1984,” Teague said. “It’s a precious area to the city and they don’t seem to see that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862379\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47352_018_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11862379\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47352_018_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47352_018_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47352_018_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47352_018_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47352_018_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Teague receives a plate of food from the volunteer-run kitchen at People's Park in Berkeley on Feb. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The history of People’s Park dates back to its creation in 1969 by Berkeley residents after a first attempt by UC Berkeley to build student housing on the site fizzled and the lot, which the university owns, was left deserted. On May 15, 1969 – which would become known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/chronicle_vault/article/People-s-Park-Bloody-Thursday-50-years-later-13845759.php\">Bloody Thursday\u003c/a> – police and sheriff’s deputies moved in, made arrests and sealed off the park's perimeter. Mass protests followed that action as students and members of the Berkeley community clashed with police. Dozens of people were injured, and a \u003ca href=\"https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/newfound-photos-mark-50th-anniversary-of-the-day-peoples-park-turned-deadly\">25-year-old bystander died days later after being hit by a police shotgun blast\u003c/a>. Then-Gov. Ronald Reagan called in the National Guard the following day. Students and faculty eventually voted to keep the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 52 years later, UC Berkeley is again determined to reclaim the park, pointing to a dire need for student housing. The proposed development is expected to be up to 17 stories high and house over 1,000 students. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Alecia Harger, UC Berkeley student participating in the current People's Park occupation\"]'A lot of people have considered the development of People’s Park to be an unfortunate inevitability. And we are showing that it is not an inevitability and that we have the ability to push back.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, the university put up fencing, sectioning off areas of the park in order to conduct soil analysis — a process to determine the land’s seismic safety. In a response echoing 1969, students and local residents tore down the fencing, carried it four blocks and dumped it outside Sproul Hall. After the university was quick to resurrect the fencing, an occupation began at the park on Feb. 8, organized by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/peoplesparkberkeley/?igshid=1kis8zt5skpm3\">Save People’s Park Movement\u003c/a>. It continues on as students set up shifts in groups of 20 to 30 people to occupy alongside the park's residents. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alecia Harger, a UC Berkeley undergraduate student participating in the occupation, said the movement has gained more attention as videos and photos from the occupation and park events continue to be shared on Instagram. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that within the Berkeley community a lot of people have considered the development of People’s Park to be an unfortunate inevitability,” Harger said. “And we are showing that it is not an inevitability and that we have the ability to push back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each week, open meetings are planned and donations are distributed to residents of the park and other unhoused folks by volunteers and members of the People's Park Committee. Gardening events and film screenings are also frequently organized. The rise in student solidarity is also a result of heightened community organizing that reaches beyond the Berkeley campus. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has been one of the most powerful community-building experiences that I’ve had, certainly since the pandemic started and maybe in my life,” said Romeo Channer, a Mills College student. “Just the bonds formed in that space and the real immediate connections people make through mutual aid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862389\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11862389\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign reads, 'Save Peoples Park, No More Buildings' at People's Park in Berkeley on Feb. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The editorial board of The Daily Californian \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailycal.org/2021/02/16/a-park-by-and-for-the-people/\">published a piece\u003c/a> last week rejecting the current development plans and in support of the movement to preserve People’s Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"While the importance of supportive housing in Berkeley cannot be discounted, People’s Park — built for and by Berkeleyans — has never been, and never will be, a place for campus to do its bidding. The park should remain at the will of those who have the most stake in its future,\" said the editorial board of the student-run paper. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Kyle Gibson, director of communications for capital strategies at UC Berkeley, the development would also include supportive housing for low-income and formerly homeless people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are also committed to revitalizing a significant portion of the park as open space that will be inviting, safe and responsive to student and community needs and interests,” said Gibson. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Harger said she isn’t convinced. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The university is claiming to help unhoused people, claiming to help low-income people by building affordable housing, when they are the main driving forces of gentrification in our city,” Harger said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47362_028_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11862394\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47362_028_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47362_028_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47362_028_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47362_028_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47362_028_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two men play chess at People's Park in Berkeley on Feb. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the neighborhoods in the vicinity of the university have either been gentrified between 2000-2018 or are vulnerable to gentrification, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.urbandisplacement.org/san-francisco/sf-bay-area-gentrification-and-displacement\">Urban Displacement Project\u003c/a>. UC Berkeley currently \u003ca href=\"http://evcp.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/housing_master_plan_task_force_final_draft_january_2017.pdf\">has the lowest percentage\u003c/a> of beds for its student body in the entire UC system. And in 2019, Berkeley's homeless population \u003ca href=\"https://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019HIRDReport_Berkeley_2019-Final.pdf\">increased by 14%\u003c/a> within the span of two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ sent a campus-wide email with a \u003ca href=\"https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/02/22/an-update-from-chancellor-christ-on-two-uc-berkeley-student-housing-projects/\">student housing update.\u003c/a> Christ claimed that the People's Park housing development would benefit both the greater Berkeley community and the university's needs, and urged students and community members to review the plans on the \u003ca href=\"https://capitalstrategies.berkeley.edu/peoples-park-housing\">project website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I believe that we can and will serve the interests of all,\" Christ wrote. \"We deeply appreciate and share the concern so many of you have for unhoused people in our community, and that concern is at the heart of all that we currently do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The People's Park Committee quickly \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/10NzHFVWR2Q7ILLxlBUm62JceYmbSKAzS/view\">posted a response\u003c/a> defending their movement and counter-arguing each statement made by the chancellor. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The University’s narrative is predicated upon alleviating the student housing crisis, supporting Berkeley’s homeless community, and reducing crime in Berkeley. 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The rise in student solidarity is also a result of heightened community organizing that reaches beyond the Berkeley campus. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has been one of the most powerful community-building experiences that I’ve had, certainly since the pandemic started and maybe in my life,” said Romeo Channer, a Mills College student. “Just the bonds formed in that space and the real immediate connections people make through mutual aid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862389\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11862389\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign reads, 'Save Peoples Park, No More Buildings' at People's Park in Berkeley on Feb. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The editorial board of The Daily Californian \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailycal.org/2021/02/16/a-park-by-and-for-the-people/\">published a piece\u003c/a> last week rejecting the current development plans and in support of the movement to preserve People’s Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"While the importance of supportive housing in Berkeley cannot be discounted, People’s Park — built for and by Berkeleyans — has never been, and never will be, a place for campus to do its bidding. The park should remain at the will of those who have the most stake in its future,\" said the editorial board of the student-run paper. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Kyle Gibson, director of communications for capital strategies at UC Berkeley, the development would also include supportive housing for low-income and formerly homeless people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are also committed to revitalizing a significant portion of the park as open space that will be inviting, safe and responsive to student and community needs and interests,” said Gibson. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Harger said she isn’t convinced. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The university is claiming to help unhoused people, claiming to help low-income people by building affordable housing, when they are the main driving forces of gentrification in our city,” Harger said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47362_028_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11862394\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47362_028_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47362_028_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47362_028_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47362_028_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47362_028_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two men play chess at People's Park in Berkeley on Feb. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the neighborhoods in the vicinity of the university have either been gentrified between 2000-2018 or are vulnerable to gentrification, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.urbandisplacement.org/san-francisco/sf-bay-area-gentrification-and-displacement\">Urban Displacement Project\u003c/a>. UC Berkeley currently \u003ca href=\"http://evcp.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/housing_master_plan_task_force_final_draft_january_2017.pdf\">has the lowest percentage\u003c/a> of beds for its student body in the entire UC system. And in 2019, Berkeley's homeless population \u003ca href=\"https://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019HIRDReport_Berkeley_2019-Final.pdf\">increased by 14%\u003c/a> within the span of two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ sent a campus-wide email with a \u003ca href=\"https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/02/22/an-update-from-chancellor-christ-on-two-uc-berkeley-student-housing-projects/\">student housing update.\u003c/a> Christ claimed that the People's Park housing development would benefit both the greater Berkeley community and the university's needs, and urged students and community members to review the plans on the \u003ca href=\"https://capitalstrategies.berkeley.edu/peoples-park-housing\">project website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I believe that we can and will serve the interests of all,\" Christ wrote. \"We deeply appreciate and share the concern so many of you have for unhoused people in our community, and that concern is at the heart of all that we currently do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The People's Park Committee quickly \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/10NzHFVWR2Q7ILLxlBUm62JceYmbSKAzS/view\">posted a response\u003c/a> defending their movement and counter-arguing each statement made by the chancellor. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The University’s narrative is predicated upon alleviating the student housing crisis, supporting Berkeley’s homeless community, and reducing crime in Berkeley. For numerous reasons, this is a manipulative facade,\" the People's Park Committee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Construction is not slated to begin until 2022. The UC Regents will have final say on the housing project later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Ernie Sandoval was awestruck as he stared at a mural painted on the side of a brightly colored tiny house in East Oakland last Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That used to be me,” Sandoval said while taking in the dynamic city scene depicted in the mural. “I used to sleep on the bus, on abandoned roofs, sleeping behind the dumpster, that was my bed for the night.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tiny house is part of a new village of tiny homes for unhoused youth that welcomed Sandoval and 10 other residents on Feb. 19. The village will eventually house a total of 22 young residents from Oakland and Berkeley who are experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Sean Williams-McCreary, community organizer and live-in resident assistant at Tiny House Empowerment Village\"]‘We’re trying to build a familial environment. So I have to be that backbone for them, I have to be that support that I wish I had.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This will be the first time the 22-year-old has had stable housing since he was kicked out of his home at age 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no words to describe how good it feels to be here,” Sandoval said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://youthspiritartworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/YSA_Overview.pdf\">Tiny House Empowerment Village\u003c/a> on Hegenberger Road just south of the Oakland Coliseum will operate as a transitional housing center for young people ages 18-25 in 26 tiny houses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://youthspiritartworks.org/\">Youth Spirit Artworks\u003c/a>, a Berkeley-based nonprofit arts and job training program for low-income youth, spearheaded the tiny house project since planning began in 2017. Artists, activists and over 2,000 volunteers from the community and faith-based organizations built the village over two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862025\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1702px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11862025 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Sandobal-Tiny-House-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1702\" height=\"1241\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Sandobal-Tiny-House-2.jpg 1702w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Sandobal-Tiny-House-2-800x583.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Sandobal-Tiny-House-2-1020x744.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Sandobal-Tiny-House-2-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Sandobal-Tiny-House-2-1536x1120.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1702px) 100vw, 1702px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘That used to be me. I used to sleep on the bus, on abandoned roofs, sleeping behind the dumpster, that was my bed for the night,’ said Ernie Sandoval, who moved into the Tiny House Empowerment Village in Oakland on Feb. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(MJ Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sean Williams-McCreary, 20, a community organizer for YSA, has been involved in the planning and building of the village since its inception. As someone who has faced homelessness and housing insecurity since he was 11 years old, he said finally seeing the village completed is overwhelming and cathartic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like watching a seed grow, and people that care a whole lot water it,” said Williams-McCreary, who will live on-site at the village as a resident assistant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re trying to build a familial environment,” he said. “So I have to be that backbone for them, I have to be that support that I wish I had.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11862019\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/MCreary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1323\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/MCreary.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/MCreary-800x551.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/MCreary-1020x703.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/MCreary-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/MCreary-1536x1058.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sean Williams-McCreary, community organizer for Youth Spirit Artworks, stands outside the Tiny House Empowerment Village for unhoused youth on Feb. 19, 2021 in Oakland. \u003ccite>(MJ Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Each tiny house measures 8 feet by 10 feet, and includes a pull-out bed, a desk and chair, closet space, electricity and heating. Shared bathrooms, communal kitchens, gardens and community spaces within the village are part of the services on-site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Transportation Working Group donated bicycles for all the residents. Residents will be able to stay for up to two years and receive opportunities for employment and jobs training from YSA programs. Four resident assistants, including Williams-McCreary, will also live in the village.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/its_mjj/status/1364732438878953472\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sandoval said his dream is to one day be a film editor, and that he spoke with a case manager from YSA about applying to film school. But his first priority is getting his basic needs met.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A good night’s sleep, a place where I don’t have to hold onto my backpack, that’s what I’m actually really looking forward to,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019HIRDReport_Berkeley_2019-Final.pdf\">A 2019 study\u003c/a> on homelessness in Alameda County found that unhoused young people have a harder time accessing services including shelter, medical care and employment due to stigma and a lack of knowledge about available resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the 8,022 people experiencing homelessness in Alameda County, 9% are transition-age youth, 18-24 years old, according to the 2019 point-in-time count. Williams-McCreary said that number has dramatically increased in 2020 due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and said that he hopes the village can be a template for other cities looking to provide housing for unhoused youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Oakland has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11677912/inside-one-of-oaklands-tuff-shed-homeless-communities\">pioneered tiny houses\u003c/a> as a solution to homelessness in the past, with two other sites that use Tuff Sheds as transitional homes. These tiny home communities prioritize those who have been living at nearby encampments for the longest period of time and therefore do not often house young people. The city provided YSA with $360,000 in grants to run the village and the group has raised over $210,000 in donations for construction costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The village is a beacon of light for a lot of people,” said Reginald Gentry, assistant project manager for the village for YSA. “These tiny houses are affordable, they’re beautiful, they’re mobile and they’re innovative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='homelessness']YSA commissioned artists from around the Bay Area to paint murals on the side of each tiny house. The group also delivered planks to schools and churches to be decorated with uplifting messages and artwork. The colorful planks make up the fence that surrounds the village. 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"content": "\u003cp>A LOT has happened since we brought you SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/soldout\">five-part series\u003c/a>, which aired in September and October last year, dove into solutions to the country’s growing housing affordability crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"housing\"]We received tons of comments and questions from listeners, so we decided to sit down and answer some of them, and bring you an update episode.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re planning a second full season of SOLD OUT for this fall. But in the meantime, we want to keep answering your questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So get in touch on Twitter at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/e_baldi?lang=en\">@e_baldi\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/solomonout\">@solomonout\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also email us at \u003ca href=\"mailto:msolomon@kqed.org\">msolomon@kqed.org\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"mailto:ebaldassari@kqed.org\">ebaldassari@kqed.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s the latest on some of the big stories we talked about last season:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Homeless Housing During COVID\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Our first episode, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11838323/heres-how-california-is-turning-hotels-into-housing-for-formerly-homeless-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hotel Corona\u003c/a>,” looked at Project Roomkey, a state-led effort that ultimately housed 23,000 people experiencing homelessness during the pandemic, temporarily placing them in some 16,000 hotel rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC9791597532&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Project Roomkey was always intended to be a temporary program, designed to protect people particularly vulnerable to the virus. But when Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the program in April, he also said it would be a jumping-off point for more \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/282059655808032/videos/198302828289931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">permanent housing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, how many people who left the hotels actually got into permanent housing? We found that just \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11847782/thousands-of-homeless-people-were-placed-in-hotels-due-to-covid-19-now-many-are-homeless-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">16% of the people in the Bay Area\u003c/a> who left the hotels moved into permanent housing. The remainder went on to live in temporary housing, moved in with family and friends or returned to homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11838473\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11838473\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634.jpg\" alt=\"Sonja Summerville Trotter looks out the window in her new studio apartment in downtown Oakland on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Summerville Trotter was able to secure one of more than 11,600 hotel rooms through California's Project Roomkey, which some homeless residents to safely shelter in place during the pandemic. Alameda County officials were later able to move her into permanent housing. (Photo by Molly Solomon/KQED)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sonja Summerville Trotter looks out the window in her new studio apartment in downtown Oakland on July 29, 2020. Summerville Trotter was able to secure one of more than 16,000 hotel rooms through California’s Project Roomkey, a program to help some homeless residents safely shelter in place during the pandemic. Alameda County officials were later able to move her into permanent housing. \u003ccite>(Molly Solomon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jason Elliott, the governor’s senior housing policy director, acknowledged the real challenge of getting people into permanently affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t succeed 100% of the time,” Elliott told us. “This is a population with some potentially serious behavioral health challenges, and in many cases a long history of chronic homelessness. And that’s not an easy transition to make for a lot of people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the counties operating the hotels being used for this program had been planning on soon shutting them down, due to uncertainty over the continuation of Federal Emergency Management Agency funding. But that changed in a big way after President Biden stepped into office in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden announced FEMA would \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2021/01/president-biden-orders-100-percent-reimbursement-for-citys-covid-hotels/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reimburse 100% of the cost\u003c/a> of that program until the end of September 2021, and would also pay retroactively back to January 2020. As a result, many counties are now planning to keep their hotels open through at least the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Single-Family Neighborhoods\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11840548/the-racist-history-of-single-family-home-zoning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoning Out\u003c/a>” took a look at the racist history of single-family zoning in the country, which began in none other than true-blue, progressive Berkeley. The city’s rules prohibit affordable, multifamily housing in certain parts of the city by limiting development to one home per lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC7736024153&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, officials in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11860308/why-just-allowing-fourplexes-wont-solve-californias-housing-affordability-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">several California cities\u003c/a>, including Berkeley, have introduced legislation to allow fourplexes. Berkeley Councilmember and Vice Mayor Lori Droste called single-family zoning the “embodiment of racism in our zoning code.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re Berkeley,” she told us. “We care about socioeconomic and racial diversity and equity. So we need to act on that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11841205\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 580px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Before-After-Claremont.gif\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11841205\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Before-After-Claremont.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"359\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to the Claremont neighborhood, then and now. The entrance gates were built to mark a dividing line — between the city’s white residents and everyone else. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Sacramento City Council went one step further, \u003ca href=\"https://ktla.com/news/california/sacramento-moves-toward-becoming-one-of-1st-u-s-cities-to-eliminate-single-family-zoning/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> voting unanimously in January to approve a draft plan\u003c/a> to allow fourplexes throughout the city — the first in the state to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And last year, California Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, introduced statewide legislation to allow up to two duplexes on lots where only one home had previously been permitted. The bill \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2020-09-01/california-assembly-sb-1120-duplexes#:~:text=SB%201120%20came%20out%20of,they%20were%20single%2Dfamily%20neighborhoods.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">died in the literal 11th hour of last year’s legislative session\u003c/a>, but it’s back again this year as \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Bill 9\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Biden: ‘Housing Is a Right in America’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For the first time since President Franklin D. Roosevelt did so nearly 80 years ago, an American president has declared housing a human right. That was a topic we dove into for our final episode of SOLD OUT, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11842392/how-moms-4-housing-changed-laws-and-inspired-a-movement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Right to Housing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC2804177590&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Housing is a right in America and home ownership is an essential tool to wealth creation and to be passed down to generations,” Biden said in January, as he directed the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to redress historical racism in federal housing policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11847031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11847031 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharena Thomas, left, Carroll Fife, center, Dominique Walker, back right, and Tolani King, right, outside a vacant home in West Oakland in December 2019. The women are part of a group called Moms 4 Housing, which fought against an eviction effort after occupying the vacant house on Magnolia Street to protest the rise of corporate ownership of housing at the expense of owner-occupants. Their slogan, ‘Housing is a human right,’ has filtered up to the federal government, with the inauguration of President Biden. \u003ccite>(Kate Wolffe/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On day one of his presidency, Biden \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/20/fact-sheet-president-elect-bidens-day-one-executive-actions-deliver-relief-for-families-across-america-amid-converging-crises/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extended the federal eviction moratorium\u003c/a> through March 2021, and introduced a new \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/legislation/2021/01/20/president-biden-announces-american-rescue-plan/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stimulus package\u003c/a> that would extend it even further, through September. 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Currently, only \u003ca href=\"https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/its-time-reinforce-housing-safety-net-adopting-universal-vouchers-low-income-renters#:~:text=Households%20with%20an%20income%20of,are%20eligible%20for%20the%20program.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one in five people\u003c/a> eligible for a Section 8 voucher receive one, and \u003ca href=\"https://local12.com/newsletter-daily/receiving-a-section-8-voucher-for-housing-is-compared-to-winning-the-lottery-cincinnati\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">waitlists can stretch on for years\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden’s plan calls for making rental assistance vouchers an entitlement program, meaning they would be available to anyone who qualifies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the episode transcript \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iUyW38fOMvoDE5Rb0tkcsAPA7__-X-N5/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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But in the meantime, we want to keep answering your questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So get in touch on Twitter at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/e_baldi?lang=en\">@e_baldi\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/solomonout\">@solomonout\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also email us at \u003ca href=\"mailto:msolomon@kqed.org\">msolomon@kqed.org\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"mailto:ebaldassari@kqed.org\">ebaldassari@kqed.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s the latest on some of the big stories we talked about last season:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Homeless Housing During COVID\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Our first episode, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11838323/heres-how-california-is-turning-hotels-into-housing-for-formerly-homeless-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hotel Corona\u003c/a>,” looked at Project Roomkey, a state-led effort that ultimately housed 23,000 people experiencing homelessness during the pandemic, temporarily placing them in some 16,000 hotel rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC9791597532&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Project Roomkey was always intended to be a temporary program, designed to protect people particularly vulnerable to the virus. But when Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the program in April, he also said it would be a jumping-off point for more \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/282059655808032/videos/198302828289931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">permanent housing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, how many people who left the hotels actually got into permanent housing? We found that just \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11847782/thousands-of-homeless-people-were-placed-in-hotels-due-to-covid-19-now-many-are-homeless-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">16% of the people in the Bay Area\u003c/a> who left the hotels moved into permanent housing. The remainder went on to live in temporary housing, moved in with family and friends or returned to homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11838473\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11838473\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634.jpg\" alt=\"Sonja Summerville Trotter looks out the window in her new studio apartment in downtown Oakland on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Summerville Trotter was able to secure one of more than 11,600 hotel rooms through California's Project Roomkey, which some homeless residents to safely shelter in place during the pandemic. Alameda County officials were later able to move her into permanent housing. (Photo by Molly Solomon/KQED)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44965_IMG_6145-qut-e1600382038634-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sonja Summerville Trotter looks out the window in her new studio apartment in downtown Oakland on July 29, 2020. Summerville Trotter was able to secure one of more than 16,000 hotel rooms through California’s Project Roomkey, a program to help some homeless residents safely shelter in place during the pandemic. Alameda County officials were later able to move her into permanent housing. \u003ccite>(Molly Solomon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jason Elliott, the governor’s senior housing policy director, acknowledged the real challenge of getting people into permanently affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t succeed 100% of the time,” Elliott told us. “This is a population with some potentially serious behavioral health challenges, and in many cases a long history of chronic homelessness. And that’s not an easy transition to make for a lot of people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the counties operating the hotels being used for this program had been planning on soon shutting them down, due to uncertainty over the continuation of Federal Emergency Management Agency funding. But that changed in a big way after President Biden stepped into office in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden announced FEMA would \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2021/01/president-biden-orders-100-percent-reimbursement-for-citys-covid-hotels/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reimburse 100% of the cost\u003c/a> of that program until the end of September 2021, and would also pay retroactively back to January 2020. As a result, many counties are now planning to keep their hotels open through at least the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Single-Family Neighborhoods\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11840548/the-racist-history-of-single-family-home-zoning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoning Out\u003c/a>” took a look at the racist history of single-family zoning in the country, which began in none other than true-blue, progressive Berkeley. The city’s rules prohibit affordable, multifamily housing in certain parts of the city by limiting development to one home per lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC7736024153&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, officials in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11860308/why-just-allowing-fourplexes-wont-solve-californias-housing-affordability-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">several California cities\u003c/a>, including Berkeley, have introduced legislation to allow fourplexes. Berkeley Councilmember and Vice Mayor Lori Droste called single-family zoning the “embodiment of racism in our zoning code.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re Berkeley,” she told us. “We care about socioeconomic and racial diversity and equity. So we need to act on that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11841205\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 580px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Before-After-Claremont.gif\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11841205\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Before-After-Claremont.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"359\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to the Claremont neighborhood, then and now. The entrance gates were built to mark a dividing line — between the city’s white residents and everyone else. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Sacramento City Council went one step further, \u003ca href=\"https://ktla.com/news/california/sacramento-moves-toward-becoming-one-of-1st-u-s-cities-to-eliminate-single-family-zoning/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> voting unanimously in January to approve a draft plan\u003c/a> to allow fourplexes throughout the city — the first in the state to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And last year, California Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, introduced statewide legislation to allow up to two duplexes on lots where only one home had previously been permitted. The bill \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2020-09-01/california-assembly-sb-1120-duplexes#:~:text=SB%201120%20came%20out%20of,they%20were%20single%2Dfamily%20neighborhoods.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">died in the literal 11th hour of last year’s legislative session\u003c/a>, but it’s back again this year as \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Bill 9\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Biden: ‘Housing Is a Right in America’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For the first time since President Franklin D. Roosevelt did so nearly 80 years ago, an American president has declared housing a human right. That was a topic we dove into for our final episode of SOLD OUT, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11842392/how-moms-4-housing-changed-laws-and-inspired-a-movement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Right to Housing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC2804177590&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Housing is a right in America and home ownership is an essential tool to wealth creation and to be passed down to generations,” Biden said in January, as he directed the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to redress historical racism in federal housing policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11847031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11847031 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS40615_IMG_2315-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharena Thomas, left, Carroll Fife, center, Dominique Walker, back right, and Tolani King, right, outside a vacant home in West Oakland in December 2019. The women are part of a group called Moms 4 Housing, which fought against an eviction effort after occupying the vacant house on Magnolia Street to protest the rise of corporate ownership of housing at the expense of owner-occupants. Their slogan, ‘Housing is a human right,’ has filtered up to the federal government, with the inauguration of President Biden. \u003ccite>(Kate Wolffe/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On day one of his presidency, Biden \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/20/fact-sheet-president-elect-bidens-day-one-executive-actions-deliver-relief-for-families-across-america-amid-converging-crises/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extended the federal eviction moratorium\u003c/a> through March 2021, and introduced a new \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/legislation/2021/01/20/president-biden-announces-american-rescue-plan/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stimulus package\u003c/a> that would extend it even further, through September. The package also calls for $25 billion in rental assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nBiden has also \u003ca href=\"https://joebiden.com/housing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">campaigned on promises\u003c/a> to expand the Housing Choice Voucher Program, more commonly known as Section 8, to more Americans. Currently, only \u003ca href=\"https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/its-time-reinforce-housing-safety-net-adopting-universal-vouchers-low-income-renters#:~:text=Households%20with%20an%20income%20of,are%20eligible%20for%20the%20program.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one in five people\u003c/a> eligible for a Section 8 voucher receive one, and \u003ca href=\"https://local12.com/newsletter-daily/receiving-a-section-8-voucher-for-housing-is-compared-to-winning-the-lottery-cincinnati\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">waitlists can stretch on for years\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden’s plan calls for making rental assistance vouchers an entitlement program, meaning they would be available to anyone who qualifies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the episode transcript \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iUyW38fOMvoDE5Rb0tkcsAPA7__-X-N5/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco officials on Wednesday unveiled the city’s first multiservice homeless shelter for young adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Lower Polk TAY Navigation Center, located at 700 Hyde Street, will eventually offer 75 beds to young people ages 18-24, known as “Transitional Age Youth.” Due to COVID-19-related restrictions, however, it will initially only fill 43 beds, with the first guests set to arrive next week, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/shelter/navigation-centers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Navigation centers\u003c/a> have a lower barrier to entry than other kinds of homeless shelters, allowing guests to bring in pets and cohabitate with partners. There’s no curfew or set meal times, and the site is staffed 24 hours a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed said the new center is part of the city’s strategy to end youth homelessness. Breed launched a campaign in 2018, called \u003ca href=\"https://risingupsf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rising Up\u003c/a>, to raise $35 million that will provide rental assistance and other support to youth after they leave the shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11858492\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/KQED_SF_NavCenter_02032021-2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11858492 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/KQED_SF_NavCenter_02032021-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/KQED_SF_NavCenter_02032021-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/KQED_SF_NavCenter_02032021-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/KQED_SF_NavCenter_02032021-2-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/KQED_SF_NavCenter_02032021-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/KQED_SF_NavCenter_02032021-2-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed at Wednesday’s unveiling ceremony for the Lower Polk TAY Navigation Center, the first in the city to serve homeless young adults. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is hope for a better future for young folks here in SF,” Breed said. “If you want an opportunity, you should be able to have one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"homeless-youth\"]According to the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2019HIRDReport_SanFrancisco_FinalDraft-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">biennial survey of homeless residents\u003c/a>, there were 1,091 18-to-24-year-olds experiencing homelessness in San Francisco on any given night in 2019. That’s nearly 14% of the city’s total homeless population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those young people who were homeless, about 83% spent their nights outdoors, in tents, cars or RVs, the survey found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While 15% of San Francisco’s general population is Latinx, 27% of its homeless youth identify as such, according to the survey. Similarly, it found that 24% of all homeless youth are Black, even though Black residents make up less than 6% of the city’s total population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey also found that nearly half of all homeless youth identified as LGBTQ.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new navigation center “prioritizes improving outcomes for the city’s most vulnerable youth,” Abigail Stewart-Kahn, the interim director of San Francisco’s Department of Homeless and Supportive Housing, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11858521\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11858521 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/KQED_SF_NavCenter_02032021-2-1-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/KQED_SF_NavCenter_02032021-2-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/KQED_SF_NavCenter_02032021-2-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/KQED_SF_NavCenter_02032021-2-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/KQED_SF_NavCenter_02032021-2-1-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/KQED_SF_NavCenter_02032021-2-1-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/KQED_SF_NavCenter_02032021-2-1-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new navigation center will open its doors to as many as 43 young adults starting next week.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The 3rd Street Youth Center & Clinic will manage the new navigation center, providing health services and help with accessing public benefits, mentoring, paid career training and housing assistance. The nonprofit Success Centers will also help guests complete or continue their education and find and retain employment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both are Black-led organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just different,” said Joi Jackson-Morgan, the executive director of 3rd Street Youth. “There’s a cultural aspect that we’re hoping to bring to these services that will help folks of color, and black people in particular, get on track.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]In addition to dormitories, the three-story building will include community and dining spaces, meeting rooms, clinic space, a laundry area and an outdoor lounge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson-Morgan said young adults experiencing homelessness informed the design of the space, and as a result, the idea was to make the shelter feel a bit like a college dorm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of like that work study vibe,” she said. “We’re just trying to give them a piece of adulthood and what it would be like to be on a college campus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#share\">Share your pandemic housing story with KQED\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Between 50 and 100 protesters gathered in front of the Santa Clara County Courthouse in San Jose on Wednesday morning, demanding stronger state and local eviction protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Betty Gabaldon, tenant organizer\"]‘Evictions are deadly. They’re telling us to stay home to fight COVID, but how are we going to do it if they are kicking us out?’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six demonstrators sat in front of the courthouse doors, their arms linked, to prevent people from entering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eduardo Torres was among those blocking the doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m tired of seeing families being evicted,” he said, “especially during a pandemic. It’s really just heartbreaking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres, 42, is a tenants’ rights organizer. He says he’s frustrated with loopholes in state and local law that allow evictions to continue during the coronavirus pandemic, despite moratoriums designed to prevent them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The courthouse remained closed through most of the morning as the protest continued. After several hours, Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies removed the demonstrators who were blocking the doors, escorting them into the building in zip-tie handcuffs. Deputies then moved the remaining protestors out of the courtyard in front of the courthouse, which resulted in some scrimmages between law enforcement and protestors. Three other people were arrested, the sheriff’s office said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The vast majority of protestors appeared to be there for legitimate concerns, however there was a small group of individuals who were clearly there to incite violence and violate the Court Order,” Sgt. Michael Low, a spokesman for the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1555px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11857382 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1555\" height=\"1036\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6.jpg 1555w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1555px) 100vw, 1555px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators rally in front of Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose on the morning of Jan. 27, 2021, demanding stronger eviction protections in California. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There were at least 527 evictions in the Bay Area from the start of the statewide coronavirus lockdown on March 19 through the end of December, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11856817/more-than-500-bay-area-residents-have-been-evicted-during-the-pandemic-despite-protections\">data collected by KQED and CalMatters\u003c/a> from sheriffs’ offices in the Bay Area’s nine counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#share\">Have you experienced eviction — or had landlord problems — during the pandemic? We want to hear your story.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>At least 145 of those evictions — the most of any county in the region — took place in Santa Clara County. Tenants’ attorneys say that figure is an undercount, since most tenants leave or get locked out before law enforcement ever gets involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11857361 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4.jpg 1620w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheriff’s deputies clear anti-eviction demonstrators blocking the front doors of Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose on Jan. 27, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We are here to demand from the sheriff no evictions during the pandemic,” said Betty Gabaldon, a tenant organizer. She called on Superior Court Judge Deborah Ryan to “halt all eviction proceedings during the pandemic, and for Gov. Gavin Newsom to pass a stronger eviction moratorium.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September, lawmakers approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835565/newsom-announces-new-statewide-eviction-moratorium-but-major-concessions-may-threaten-tenants\">Assembly Bill 3088\u003c/a>, which prevents tenants impacted by the pandemic from being immediately evicted for non-payment of rent — a protection that expires on Jan. 31. On Monday, Newsom and key legislators \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/01/lawmakers-propose-extending-eviction-moratorium-until-june-30/\">introduced Senate Bill 91\u003c/a>, which extends those protections through the end of June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new bill, like the previous one, requires tenants to continue paying at least 25% of their rent. It also permits evictions for various other reasons, including minor breaches of the lease, nuisance allegations, health and safety violations, and when properties are removed from the rental market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1477px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11857359\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1477\" height=\"985\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-2.jpg 1477w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-2-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1477px) 100vw, 1477px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An anti-eviction protester stands in front of Santa Clara County Superior Court on Jan. 27, 2021, during a demonstration calling for stronger statewide eviction protections. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"evictions\"]Kevin Matthew O’Malley, 58, happened to be at the courthouse on Wednesday to fight his own eviction. He said he had gotten into an argument with his friend, who was letting him stay in an outbuilding on his property, and who now wants him gone. But O’Malley says he has nowhere to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m homeless,” he said. “You’re kicking someone out during coronavirus. That should be a crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3739576\">A November study\u003c/a>, still awaiting peer review, by UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health, linked the lifting of eviction moratoriums in 27 states to 433,000 new COVID-19 cases and 11,000 deaths. The researchers attributed those cases to an increased spread of the virus, the result of people searching for new housing, doubling up with friends or family, or becoming homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Evictions are deadly,” Gabaldon, the tenant organizer, said. “They’re telling us to stay home to fight COVID, but how are we going to do it if they are kicking us out?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857389\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1539px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-7.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11857389\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1539\" height=\"1026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-7.jpg 1539w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-7-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-7-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1539px) 100vw, 1539px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anti-eviction demonstrators stand with hands raised in front of Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose on Jan. 27, 2021, demanding stronger protections for renters. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>SB 91 outlines a complex scheme for distributing $2.6 billion in federal stimulus funding for rental assistance. Under the proposal, landlords can receive 80% of unpaid back rent for low-income renters — but only if they agree to permanently forgive the remaining 20% and not pursue eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the landlord doesn’t agree, however, the tenant is on the hook for coming up with 75% of the back rent owed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, said he’s concerned about the ability of landlords to opt out of rent relief for their tenants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The power imbalance between tenants and landlords is real and it’s troubling,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11857362\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tenants’ rights demonstrator is detained and led away by sheriff’s deputies during an anti-eviction protest in San Jose on Jan. 27, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Barulich, a tax attorney who was watching the demonstration from the sidelines, said his hearing had been canceled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It throws all the people in the courtroom off,” Barulich said. “I get the passion. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six demonstrators sat in front of the courthouse doors, their arms linked, to prevent people from entering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eduardo Torres was among those blocking the doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m tired of seeing families being evicted,” he said, “especially during a pandemic. It’s really just heartbreaking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres, 42, is a tenants’ rights organizer. He says he’s frustrated with loopholes in state and local law that allow evictions to continue during the coronavirus pandemic, despite moratoriums designed to prevent them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The courthouse remained closed through most of the morning as the protest continued. After several hours, Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies removed the demonstrators who were blocking the doors, escorting them into the building in zip-tie handcuffs. Deputies then moved the remaining protestors out of the courtyard in front of the courthouse, which resulted in some scrimmages between law enforcement and protestors. Three other people were arrested, the sheriff’s office said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The vast majority of protestors appeared to be there for legitimate concerns, however there was a small group of individuals who were clearly there to incite violence and violate the Court Order,” Sgt. Michael Low, a spokesman for the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1555px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11857382 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1555\" height=\"1036\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6.jpg 1555w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1555px) 100vw, 1555px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators rally in front of Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose on the morning of Jan. 27, 2021, demanding stronger eviction protections in California. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There were at least 527 evictions in the Bay Area from the start of the statewide coronavirus lockdown on March 19 through the end of December, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11856817/more-than-500-bay-area-residents-have-been-evicted-during-the-pandemic-despite-protections\">data collected by KQED and CalMatters\u003c/a> from sheriffs’ offices in the Bay Area’s nine counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#share\">Have you experienced eviction — or had landlord problems — during the pandemic? We want to hear your story.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>At least 145 of those evictions — the most of any county in the region — took place in Santa Clara County. Tenants’ attorneys say that figure is an undercount, since most tenants leave or get locked out before law enforcement ever gets involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11857361 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4.jpg 1620w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheriff’s deputies clear anti-eviction demonstrators blocking the front doors of Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose on Jan. 27, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We are here to demand from the sheriff no evictions during the pandemic,” said Betty Gabaldon, a tenant organizer. She called on Superior Court Judge Deborah Ryan to “halt all eviction proceedings during the pandemic, and for Gov. Gavin Newsom to pass a stronger eviction moratorium.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September, lawmakers approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835565/newsom-announces-new-statewide-eviction-moratorium-but-major-concessions-may-threaten-tenants\">Assembly Bill 3088\u003c/a>, which prevents tenants impacted by the pandemic from being immediately evicted for non-payment of rent — a protection that expires on Jan. 31. On Monday, Newsom and key legislators \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/01/lawmakers-propose-extending-eviction-moratorium-until-june-30/\">introduced Senate Bill 91\u003c/a>, which extends those protections through the end of June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new bill, like the previous one, requires tenants to continue paying at least 25% of their rent. 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"content": "\u003cp>When the pandemic hit, Marquisse Moore lost his job, and it didn’t take long before he lost his home, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had been working as a forklift driver at a tortilla factory before being laid off in early April. New jobs were hard to find.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he realized he wouldn’t be able to continue paying rent on his Mountain View apartment, he told his landlord he would be moving out. For the next six months, he and his 6-year-old daughter bounced between family and friends’ couches. Sometimes he slept in his car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I made sure my daughter always had a roof over her head, even if I didn’t,” he said. “It was a very big struggle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a leap of faith, he applied to a two-bedroom apartment in Oakland’s Fruitvale District in December. And to his surprise, the landlord was interested in renting to him even though he wasn’t working yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore had just been offered a job at Alameda Health Systems, working in its COVID-19 ward. But there was still another problem: He couldn’t afford the security deposit and first month’s rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s when the landlord connected him to a program called \u003ca href=\"https://www.keepoaklandhoused.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keep Oakland Housed\u003c/a>. Since 2018, it has provided more than $11.5 million in direct financial assistance and legal counsel to nearly 5,000 households. Most of the money — 85% — comes from philanthropic donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It actually had me in tears,” Moore said, after finding out the program would foot the bill to help him move in. “It meant everything to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11855386\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11855386\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46547_008_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46547_008_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46547_008_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46547_008_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46547_008_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46547_008_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marquisse Moore looks out the window at his home in Oakland on Jan. 10, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The idea behind the program is simple, said Zoë Polk, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://ebclc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East Bay Community Law Center\u003c/a>: “Stop homelessness before it happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program began in 2018 as a three-year pilot program and is a partnership between the city of Oakland and local nonprofits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Zoë Polk, executive director of the East Bay Community Law Center\"]‘It may be hard to remember, but our homelessness crisis was huge even before COVID. And, in light of COVID, it became even more imperative that people are able to stay in a place where they have been able to keep their family together.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people need legal support to fight an eviction, Polk said. That’s where the law center comes in. Others, like Moore, need direct rental assistance or housing. And for that, \u003ca href=\"https://housing.bayareacs.org/\">Bay Area Community Services\u003c/a> intervenes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some people need other kinds of help, Polk said, such as connecting to employment or health services. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cceb.org/\">Catholic Charities East Bay\u003c/a> takes care of that piece of the puzzle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to be targeting people so they can stay where they currently are, stay in their homes,” Polk said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep Oakland Housed launched in response to a dramatic rise in both rents and homelessness in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average rent for an apartment more than doubled between 2010 and 2019, from $1,396 to $2,905, \u003ca href=\"https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/rental-market/market-snapshots/renting-america-housing-changed-past-decade/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to an analysis\u003c/a> by the apartment listing service RENTCafe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the number of people experiencing homelessness on any given night increased 85% between 2015 and 2019, growing from 2,191 people to 4,071, according to the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2019-Oakland-Point-In-Time-Count-2-page-infographic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">biennial survey\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It may be hard to remember, but our homelessness crisis was huge then even before COVID,” Polk said. “And, in light of COVID, it became even more imperative that people are able to stay in place, where they have a place that they’re comfortable in, a place where they have been able to keep their family together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lower-wage workers and people of color who were already more at risk of eviction and homelessness have only seen those risks grow as a result of the pandemic, said Mary Cunningham, head of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/metropolitan-housing-and-communities-policy-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center\u003c/a> at the Urban Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The center recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.urban.org/research/publication/looming-eviction-cliff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published a study\u003c/a> showing that across the country, 9.5 million renters reported problems paying rent in September, including nearly 17% of Black and 23% of Latino renters, compared to 8% of white renters. Black and Latino renters were also four times more likely to have received an eviction notice from their landlords since the beginning of March last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Mary Cunningham, vice president, Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center at the Urban Institute\"]‘We know that Black and Latino households have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 … So we need to make sure that rental assistance is addressing past housing inequities, but is also trying to provide assistance in a targeted way so we can address racial inequities.’[/pullquote]In Oakland, Black residents make up 24% of the population but account for \u003ca href=\"https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2019-Oakland-Point-In-Time-Count-2-page-infographic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">70% of people experiencing homelessness\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We went into the pandemic with a pretty big, longstanding affordable housing crisis,” Cunningham said. “And now the pandemic has added additional stress and added more people to the pool of those who need help and who are at risk of eviction and homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a \u003ca href=\"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3739576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">real public health concern\u003c/a> that housing instability can lead to higher coronavirus infections and deaths as people who lose their housing double up with friends or family or become homeless, Cunningham said. But even without the pandemic, homelessness is just expensive for taxpayers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Alliance to End Homelessness \u003ca href=\"http://naeh.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Cost-Savings-from-PSH.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">estimates\u003c/a> that a person who has experienced homelessness longer than a year costs taxpayers an average of $35,578 per year. Those costs include emergency shelter, visits to the emergency room and interactions with police. Comparatively, a year of housing with supportive services on-site costs an average of $12,800.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preventing someone from losing their housing is even more cost-effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep Oakland Housed provided each household it helped with an average of $2,149 in direct rental assistance in the latter half of 2019. That figure grew to an average of $3,309 between July and September of last year, according to The San Francisco Foundation, which administers the program on behalf of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11855383\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11855383\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46557_012_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Marquisse Moore smiles inside his home\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46557_012_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46557_012_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46557_012_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46557_012_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46557_012_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marquisse Moore at his home in Oakland on Jan. 10, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Polk says the third year of the pilot program will be pivotal in preventing an onslaught of evictions as moratoriums expire and months of back rent come due. The program still has $8 million available to assist residents this year. And Polk said that money will be crucial since the unemployment rate in California is still high at around 8%, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.ca.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to the U.S. Department of Labor\u003c/a> – and many people remain out of work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are very far away from universally people getting a vaccine,” Polk said. “So from our standpoint, Keep Oakland Housed has a lot of work to do in this next year making sure that we are not putting the cart before the horse in terms of trying to evict people while it’s still not safe to do so.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='homelessness']The latest stimulus bill included $25 billion in federal rent relief, $2.6 billion of which was allocated to California. Gov. Gavin Newsom has \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/01/06/governor-newsom-announces-golden-state-stimulus-a-budget-proposal-to-help-low-income-californians-through-600-rapid-cash-payments-and-calls-for-extension-of-eviction-moratorium/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expressed urgency\u003c/a> in distributing that money quickly to low-income renters, affordable housing providers and small property owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cunningham said it’s critical that local governments target that money to the lowest-income residents who have also been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that Black and Latino households, because they’re essential workers, have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 both as a public health crisis and as an economic crisis,” she said. “So we need to make sure that rental assistance is addressing past housing inequities, but is also trying to provide assistance in a targeted way so we can address racial inequities moving forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Marquisse Moore, the opportunity to get into stable housing and get back on his feet has been humbling, he said. The past six months of moving between friends’ and family’s houses took a toll on his daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that she has her own place, she’s at peace,” Moore said. “She’s just enjoying being a kid and not having to worry about what’s going on around her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How to Get Help Via Keep Oakland Housed\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Keep Oakland Housed \u003ca href=\"https://www.keepoaklandhoused.org/howtogethelp\">advises Oakland residents\u003c/a> who have a household income at or below 50% of the area median income and are experiencing a housing crisis to contact any of the three collaborative organizations:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://housing.bayareacs.org/\">Bay Area Community Services (BACS)\u003c/a>: For emergency financial assistance and supportive services: 510-899-9289\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ebclc.org/\">East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC)\u003c/a>: For legal representation: 510-548-4040 (ask for housing intake)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cceb.org/\">Catholic Charities East Bay (CCEB)\u003c/a>: For emergency financial assistance and supportive services: 510-768-3100\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In Oakland, Black residents make up 24% of the population but account for \u003ca href=\"https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2019-Oakland-Point-In-Time-Count-2-page-infographic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">70% of people experiencing homelessness\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We went into the pandemic with a pretty big, longstanding affordable housing crisis,” Cunningham said. “And now the pandemic has added additional stress and added more people to the pool of those who need help and who are at risk of eviction and homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a \u003ca href=\"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3739576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">real public health concern\u003c/a> that housing instability can lead to higher coronavirus infections and deaths as people who lose their housing double up with friends or family or become homeless, Cunningham said. But even without the pandemic, homelessness is just expensive for taxpayers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Alliance to End Homelessness \u003ca href=\"http://naeh.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Cost-Savings-from-PSH.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">estimates\u003c/a> that a person who has experienced homelessness longer than a year costs taxpayers an average of $35,578 per year. Those costs include emergency shelter, visits to the emergency room and interactions with police. Comparatively, a year of housing with supportive services on-site costs an average of $12,800.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preventing someone from losing their housing is even more cost-effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep Oakland Housed provided each household it helped with an average of $2,149 in direct rental assistance in the latter half of 2019. That figure grew to an average of $3,309 between July and September of last year, according to The San Francisco Foundation, which administers the program on behalf of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11855383\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11855383\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46557_012_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Marquisse Moore smiles inside his home\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46557_012_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46557_012_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46557_012_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46557_012_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46557_012_Oakland_KeepOaklandHoused_01102021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marquisse Moore at his home in Oakland on Jan. 10, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Polk says the third year of the pilot program will be pivotal in preventing an onslaught of evictions as moratoriums expire and months of back rent come due. The program still has $8 million available to assist residents this year. And Polk said that money will be crucial since the unemployment rate in California is still high at around 8%, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.ca.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to the U.S. Department of Labor\u003c/a> – and many people remain out of work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are very far away from universally people getting a vaccine,” Polk said. “So from our standpoint, Keep Oakland Housed has a lot of work to do in this next year making sure that we are not putting the cart before the horse in terms of trying to evict people while it’s still not safe to do so.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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It wasn’t until she missed an exam that one of her professors told her about the school’s Pioneers for H.O.P.E. program, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.csueastbay.edu/hope/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aims\u003c/a> to help the campus’ most-at-risk students facing homelessness, food insecurity and other dire situations to meet their basic needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Due to the pandemic, some college students have had to confront a huge set of challenges. Schools are not only a place for education — for many, they’re a place of safety, food and a source of speedy internet access. To make matters worse, many students who had on-campus jobs have now lost them, making it harder to fulfill their basic needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s worsening problem of student homelessness began long before the pandemic. As noted in a wide-ranging UCLA report released this fall titled “\u003ca href=\"http://transformschools.ucla.edu/stateofcrisis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dismantling Student Homelessness in California\u003c/a>,” 11% of all CSU students across the state experienced homelessness in the 2018-2019 school year. A larger number of students who identified as Black or Latinx experience homelessness compared to other racial groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also found that although food insecurity and homelessness amongst students has been an issue for the past decade, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates the problem: “Families that were already on the brink of financial and housing insecurity may become eligible for homelessness assistance due to COVID-19,” \u003ca href=\"http://transformschools.ucla.edu/stateofcrisis/vii-conclusion/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the report\u003c/a> states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the pandemic hit, unemployment rates skyrocketed. Due to shelter in place, Chancellor Timothy White ensured that CSU’s student employee income was protected, but only through April 5, 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mworia said that the school gave students around $300 per month for about three months. However, as an international student, Mworia’s employment options are even more limited because she doesn’t qualify for an off-campus job due to her visa status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I pay so much money for school fees that nobody was willing to fight for me — as if I’m not human,” Mworia said. “That was very disturbing. So yeah, I feel like they [CSU-East Bay] could have done better.”[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Lilian Mworia, an international student from Kenya who attends CSU, East Bay\"]‘I pay so much money for school fees that nobody was willing to fight for me — as if I’m not human … That was very disturbing. So yeah, I feel like they [CSU-East Bay] could have done better.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After feeling financial strain and hardship, Mworia reached out to the international programs office to see if they had any resources that would help her out. “I was just told there’s nothing they can do for me,” Mworia said, despite explaining that she was homeless in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is where CSU East Bay’s Pioneers for H.O.P.E (Helping Our Pioneers Excel) program came in. Established in 2016, the program helps students find adequate housing, meals, and schedules food pantries for people to attend once a week with the exception of the holidays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program typically helps a handful of students each month. But that’s increased over the course of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.csueastbay.edu/about/files/docs/csueb-facts-2019-20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In the 2019-2020 school year\u003c/a>, the overall population of Cal State East Bay was 14,705 — and the program has helped roughly 10,000 students between March and May of 2020, according to Darice Ingram, the program coordinator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11852794\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11852794\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Hope-Program-Coordinator-copy-800x594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Hope-Program-Coordinator-copy-800x594.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Hope-Program-Coordinator-copy-1020x757.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Hope-Program-Coordinator-copy-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Hope-Program-Coordinator-copy-1536x1140.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Hope-Program-Coordinator-copy.jpg 1903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darice Ingram, program coordinator for the H.O.P.E. program at CSU East Bay. \u003ccite>(Julia McEvoy/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ingram has been in her position with H.O.P.E. for two years. She noticed that the coronavirus pandemic created an influx of people applying to food pantries and emergency assistance and explained that the program focuses on assisting students, from temporary housing and paying bills to hosting pop-up food pantries once a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ingram says that students are in charge of choosing what goes in their grocery bags, which can help eliminate food waste. The staff then assembles food bags and distributes them, following social distancing guidelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have fresh fruits and vegetables. We try to make it fun, do little recipes and have our students talk about how easy it is,” Ingram said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pioneers for H.O.P.E gives aid to all students, unlike \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/calfresh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CalFresh\u003c/a>, a federal food benefits program operated by the California Department of Social Services, for which only certain people qualify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Euridice Pamela Sanchez, CSU East Bay’s current student body president, said that the pandemic prompted her to make food at home so that she does not expose herself to the virus. “I’m excited because there’s a lot of free food,” Sanchez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez has to prioritize the resources available to her because she is a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, also known as a Dreamer, which granted legal status to young U.S. immigrant residents who were brought by their parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DACA recipients are not eligible for CalFresh programs. “I know Pioneers for H.O.P.E., they don’t require any citizenship requirements and so I really try to promote it for Dreamers,” Sanchez said. [aside tag=\"education\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ingram explained that many students who moved back in with their families have unexpectedly had to revert their lives. With everyone sheltering in place at home and with many layoffs, families are now struggling with having food on the table and adequate internet access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ingram said that because of this issue, H.O.P.E. helps students on the Hayward campus, but they also connect students to external resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Mworia, the program has stabilized her living situation, provided food and basic needs as well as offered her a job with H.O.P.E. “They have been nothing but a blessing for me,” Mworia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Resources:\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Additional resources available for students and contactless food distribution at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.csueastbay.edu/hope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cal State East Bay campus\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.accfb.org/get-food/\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/a> also offers students and community members contactless meals as well as grocery pick up at the distribution center in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.foodbankccs.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano\u003c/a> offers contactless meal packages in multiple locations throughout Contra Costa and Solano counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information on the specific resources Cal State East Bay, offers as well as other community resources please visit the Hope \u003ca href=\"https://www.csueastbay.edu/hope/resources.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resources page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After feeling financial strain and hardship, Mworia reached out to the international programs office to see if they had any resources that would help her out. “I was just told there’s nothing they can do for me,” Mworia said, despite explaining that she was homeless in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is where CSU East Bay’s Pioneers for H.O.P.E (Helping Our Pioneers Excel) program came in. Established in 2016, the program helps students find adequate housing, meals, and schedules food pantries for people to attend once a week with the exception of the holidays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program typically helps a handful of students each month. But that’s increased over the course of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.csueastbay.edu/about/files/docs/csueb-facts-2019-20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In the 2019-2020 school year\u003c/a>, the overall population of Cal State East Bay was 14,705 — and the program has helped roughly 10,000 students between March and May of 2020, according to Darice Ingram, the program coordinator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11852794\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11852794\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Hope-Program-Coordinator-copy-800x594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Hope-Program-Coordinator-copy-800x594.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Hope-Program-Coordinator-copy-1020x757.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Hope-Program-Coordinator-copy-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Hope-Program-Coordinator-copy-1536x1140.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Hope-Program-Coordinator-copy.jpg 1903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darice Ingram, program coordinator for the H.O.P.E. program at CSU East Bay. \u003ccite>(Julia McEvoy/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ingram has been in her position with H.O.P.E. for two years. She noticed that the coronavirus pandemic created an influx of people applying to food pantries and emergency assistance and explained that the program focuses on assisting students, from temporary housing and paying bills to hosting pop-up food pantries once a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ingram says that students are in charge of choosing what goes in their grocery bags, which can help eliminate food waste. The staff then assembles food bags and distributes them, following social distancing guidelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have fresh fruits and vegetables. We try to make it fun, do little recipes and have our students talk about how easy it is,” Ingram said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pioneers for H.O.P.E gives aid to all students, unlike \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/calfresh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CalFresh\u003c/a>, a federal food benefits program operated by the California Department of Social Services, for which only certain people qualify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Euridice Pamela Sanchez, CSU East Bay’s current student body president, said that the pandemic prompted her to make food at home so that she does not expose herself to the virus. “I’m excited because there’s a lot of free food,” Sanchez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez has to prioritize the resources available to her because she is a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, also known as a Dreamer, which granted legal status to young U.S. immigrant residents who were brought by their parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DACA recipients are not eligible for CalFresh programs. “I know Pioneers for H.O.P.E., they don’t require any citizenship requirements and so I really try to promote it for Dreamers,” Sanchez said. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>It all started with a Zillow ad. Meilin Liu posted two rooms for rent in a duplex she owns near downtown Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And she waited. She expected the rooms to be rented in a matter of days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Usually it's one move out, one move in. But this is the first time, after I managed for 20 something years ... I have to sit on the market for months,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu said before the pandemic her inbox would be flooded with requests from people eager to move in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, with the economic fallout from the pandemic, the rental market is changing. Layoffs and remote work have led many workers to flee the Bay Area. In response, prices are plummeting — median rent on a two bedroom apartment is down 13% in Oakland and 24% in San Francisco since March, \u003ca href=\"https://www.apartmentlist.com/research/national-rent-data\">according to Apartment List.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s opened up an opportunity to get more landlords like Meilin Liu to rent to people who have been homeless — something they have been reluctant to do in the past. Bay Area homeless service providers see private landlords as a vital part of their effort to find permanent housing for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11825653/california-found-hotels-for-10000-homeless-residents-what-next\">people who have been staying in Project Roomkey hotels during the pandemic.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Liu’s rooms sat vacant, her Zillow ad caught the attention of a woman named Jasmine Yohai. She is a housing locator for nonprofit Bay Area Community Services, and she spends most of her time finding places to live for her clients who are coming out of homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"housing,homelessness\" label=\"more coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yohai was hoping to convince Liu to rent to some of her clients, so she gave her a call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I immediately told her that I was not interested but she wouldn’t let me go. I almost hung up,” Liu said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu’s resistance is not unusual. Landlords want stability in their tenants. They often turn down people who have bad credit, low income or a prior eviction on their record — all common for people who have been homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just would like it to be simple. I don't want too much trouble,” Liu added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But something that Yohai said made her change her mind, about renting to someone who had been homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She said that they are trying very hard to start a new life,” Liu recalled. “They just need someone to give them a chance. And I said usually I won’t, but because of you, I'm willing to give it a try.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yohai knows from experience that her call can make a difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Building that relationship with landlords is really the important piece to our success in being able to house our clients,” said Yohai.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu agreed to rent the rooms to two of Yohai’s clients. Since then, she’s increased her commitment, agreeing to rent a five-bedroom house in Oakland to more people who have recently been homeless. Each person placed will pay their rent with the help of a rental subsidy, which means Liu gets a guaranteed monthly payment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She's a business woman, but at the same time she has a huge heart and cares,” Yohai said. “Meilin was able to understand that people change and ... she believes in [second chances], with the proper support.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11852540\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11852540\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Image-from-iOS-15.jpg\" alt=\"Jasmine Yohai stands in front of an apartment building.\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Image-from-iOS-15.jpg 1620w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Image-from-iOS-15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Image-from-iOS-15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Image-from-iOS-15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Image-from-iOS-15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Building that relationship with landlords is really the important piece to our success in being able to house our clients,' Jasmine Yohai said. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>From Hotels to Apartments\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The need to find additional housing is urgent in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the pandemic began, thousands of homeless seniors and medically vulnerable people have been placed in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11838323/heres-how-california-is-turning-hotels-into-housing-for-formerly-homeless-people\">Project Roomkey\u003c/a> hotels to help protect them from the virus. But that was always meant to be a temporary solution. Now, Bay Area officials and service providers are scrambling to transition people to more permanent housing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11847782/thousands-of-homeless-people-were-placed-in-hotels-due-to-covid-19-now-many-are-homeless-again\">so they don’t end up back on the streets or in a shelter.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s a shortage of affordable housing options, so recruiting more landlords like Liu is a top priority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County maintains a database of landlords who have available units and has added 65 names to the list since September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county coordinates with nonprofit agencies, who help match clients staying in Project Roomkey hotels with a new place to live. The agencies include Bay Area Community Services, where Jasmine Yohai works, and Abode Services, a homeless service provider that operates in six Bay Area counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Vivian Wan, chief operating officer at Abode Services']'We're seeing that the market opened up a little more, you know, because our rents are a sure thing. We look a little bit better than maybe we once did.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vivian Wan is the chief operating officer at Abode Services. Her organization has been able to increase the number of apartments rented thanks to pandemic relief funding from the state and federal government. The softening rental market means they can compete for places that were once out of reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We're seeing that the market opened up a little more, you know, because our rents are a sure thing. We look a little bit better than maybe we once did,” Wan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wan says Abode used to rent one place at a time as the need arose, but now they’re renting units in larger numbers, sometimes paying landlords upfront to hold their availability. That way they can quickly place people who are ready to leave the hotels. She says the program has tripled its acquisition of rental properties in recent months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We've engaged higher level real estate specialists who are really working with bigger property management companies to secure deals with them,” Wan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we could access those vacant units, if those are made available to us and not sitting off the market for one reason or another, then we could really move the needle, not only for the folks in these hotels now, but more long term for homelessness,” Wan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that since September, 174 people in Alameda County have been housed through this program. [ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>More Than Rent\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>People who get housed through one of these programs pay 30% of whatever income they have for rent, and the subsidy they receive picks up the rest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the subsidy does more than that — it pays for wraparound services as well. That could include help with grocery shopping, budgeting or moving expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each person also gets a case manager who helps them access those services, and serves as a liaison between the tenant and the landlord if any problems arise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We're not just moving someone in and then abandoning them right there,” said Stephany Ashley, Northern California director of housing services for the nonprofit Brilliant Corners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"affordable-housing\" label=\"more affordable housing coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There's going to be someone working around the clock to make sure that this housing match is successful for everybody involved,” Ashley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July, Brilliant Corners teamed up with the city of San Francisco and philanthropic donors to create an $11 million fund to pay for rent subsidies and support services. Ashley said the goal is to move 200 people from hotels into market-rate apartments by the end of January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ashley said the current rental market has created a lot of choices for people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can say, 'Hey, where do you want to live? Is it Bernal Heights? Bayview? Do you want to live in North Beach or do you like the Tenderloin?' People get that level of choice,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the pandemic started, Ashley said an influx of landlords and property owners began reaching out to Brilliant Corners wanting to partner with them. A guaranteed rent payment has become more desirable in a struggling economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like now is the moment to end homelessness for a whole bunch of people,” Ashley said. “The need is great and the opportunity is great.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For people who have moved from the hotels into their own apartment, the program has been life changing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11852578\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11852578\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46471_009_KQED_Berkeley_ProjectRoomkey_12222020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person standing outside of an apartment building, clasping their hands together\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46471_009_KQED_Berkeley_ProjectRoomkey_12222020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46471_009_KQED_Berkeley_ProjectRoomkey_12222020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46471_009_KQED_Berkeley_ProjectRoomkey_12222020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46471_009_KQED_Berkeley_ProjectRoomkey_12222020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46471_009_KQED_Berkeley_ProjectRoomkey_12222020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mina at her home in North Berkeley on Dec. 22, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mina, who only wanted to share her first name for privacy reasons, was living in an emergency homeless shelter in Berkeley earlier this year when the pandemic hit. She had become homeless after she lost her job as a part-time caregiver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh my God, I was so worried,” said Mina, who was also getting chemotherapy treatments after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. “My immune system is very weak. I was afraid I might get COVID.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Mina']'It's like I'm still dreaming. I have my own housing again, I’m so proud ... All I have to do now is take care of myself.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of her medical condition, she was moved into a Project Roomkey hotel and connected to a case manager. Since she was recovering from cancer, Mina had specific housing needs. She wanted to be near a major bus line and needed a first-floor apartment, because walking up stairs was too difficult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was always crying, crying,” Mina said. “I thought I’m never going to find housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But last month she got the good news: She was getting her own place in North Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mina got her keys and moved into the one-bedroom apartment with the help of Jasmine Yohai from Bay Area Community Services. After living at a homeless shelter for years, Mina said having her own place doesn’t feel real.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's like I'm still dreaming. I have my own housing again, I’m so proud,” she said. “All I have to do now is take care of myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There's going to be someone working around the clock to make sure that this housing match is successful for everybody involved,” Ashley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July, Brilliant Corners teamed up with the city of San Francisco and philanthropic donors to create an $11 million fund to pay for rent subsidies and support services. Ashley said the goal is to move 200 people from hotels into market-rate apartments by the end of January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ashley said the current rental market has created a lot of choices for people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can say, 'Hey, where do you want to live? Is it Bernal Heights? Bayview? Do you want to live in North Beach or do you like the Tenderloin?' People get that level of choice,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the pandemic started, Ashley said an influx of landlords and property owners began reaching out to Brilliant Corners wanting to partner with them. A guaranteed rent payment has become more desirable in a struggling economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like now is the moment to end homelessness for a whole bunch of people,” Ashley said. “The need is great and the opportunity is great.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For people who have moved from the hotels into their own apartment, the program has been life changing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11852578\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11852578\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46471_009_KQED_Berkeley_ProjectRoomkey_12222020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person standing outside of an apartment building, clasping their hands together\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46471_009_KQED_Berkeley_ProjectRoomkey_12222020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46471_009_KQED_Berkeley_ProjectRoomkey_12222020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46471_009_KQED_Berkeley_ProjectRoomkey_12222020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46471_009_KQED_Berkeley_ProjectRoomkey_12222020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46471_009_KQED_Berkeley_ProjectRoomkey_12222020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mina at her home in North Berkeley on Dec. 22, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mina, who only wanted to share her first name for privacy reasons, was living in an emergency homeless shelter in Berkeley earlier this year when the pandemic hit. She had become homeless after she lost her job as a part-time caregiver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh my God, I was so worried,” said Mina, who was also getting chemotherapy treatments after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. “My immune system is very weak. I was afraid I might get COVID.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Facebook will focus $150 million to build 2,000 units of extremely low-income housing as part of the social media company’s pledge in October 2019 to spend \u003ca href=\"https://about.fb.com/news/2019/10/facebook-commits-1-billion-to-address-housing-affordability/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$1 billion\u003c/a> on affordable housing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Facebook says this new Community Housing Fund would be the largest of its kind in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facebook, Apple and Google have each invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the past year alone to finance the restoration and construction of affordable housing in the Bay Area, after pledging last year to spend billions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google was first to pledge $1 billion in June of 2019, and while Apple was the last of the three with an announcement in November of that year, it upped the ante significantly by pledging $2.5 billion. All three tech titans employ tens of thousands of employees, and tens of thousands more through subcontractors. The latter especially struggle to afford to live anywhere in the region, let alone in San Mateo or Santa Clara counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a time when phrase “\u003ca href=\"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-world-in-2018-from-the-economist-highlights-key-global-themes-to-watch-for-next-year-300558659.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tech lash\u003c/a>” was gaining currency in publications across the globe, the companies were also sensitive to growing criticism at home that the booming tech sector was responsible in large part for the housing crisis here. [ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Pledging Big Money Just the Beginning\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Step one for all the tech titans has been to sit down with stakeholders in the Bay Area affordable housing world, including other financiers, local governments, community activists and organizations like \u003ca href=\"https://destinationhomesv.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Destination: Home\u003c/a>, a public-private partnership fighting homelessness in Santa Clara County, which is contributing an additional $5 million to Facebook’s \u003ca href=\"https://about.fb.com/news/2020/12/facebook-invests-150-million-in-affordable-housing-for-the-bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Housing Fund\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The folks that have the expertise are the folks that have boots on the ground, right? Where is it where we can play a role? It takes partnerships,” said Juan Salazar, director of local policy and community engagement at Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11850415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 692px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11850415\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/2e456227-41a1-4352-848e-9464128aec15.png\" alt=\"The shortage of extremely low-income housing is higher than for any other income group in the San Jose metro area, with just 34 affordable and available homes for every 100 extremely low income households, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.\" width=\"692\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/2e456227-41a1-4352-848e-9464128aec15.png 692w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/2e456227-41a1-4352-848e-9464128aec15-160x39.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/2e456227-41a1-4352-848e-9464128aec15-687x167.png 687w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shortage of extremely low-income housing is higher than for any other income group in the San Jose metro area, with just 34 affordable and available homes for every 100 extremely low income households, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Destination: Home)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Destination: Home CEO Jennifer Loving says that, for her, the most exciting part of Facebook’s latest housing announcement is the fact it’s focused on extremely low-income individuals and families making less than 30% of a region’s median income. For example, in the Bay Area, a family of four making under $45,000 a year or less would meet that threshold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"housing\" label=\"more coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s families who are minimum wage employed. It’s seniors on fixed income, individuals on disability. They might be paying 60, 70, 80, 90 percent of their income just on rent every single month, which puts them in a ridiculously precarious position of becoming homeless, and we’re seeing that now more than ever with the effects of COVID,” Loving said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that any entity trying to build affordable housing faces an uphill battle given the housing market in the Bay Area. Despite the exodus of locals fleeing high rents in recent years, the Bay Area is undersupplied by 699,000 housing units and needs to build 2.2 million more by 2070, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.spur.org/sites/default/files/publications_pdfs/what_it_will_really_take_to_create_an_affordable_bay_area.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study\u003c/a> published in March by the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR). And experts don’t anticipate the current exodus of locals fleeing COVID-19 will budge those numbers much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The market will never create solutions for individuals and families with extremely low income. So the willingness [of tech firms] to use their positional power to say that this housing has to be for the most vulnerable people, that are disproportionately families of color that are really struggling in the Bay. That is the kind of leadership that frankly we need a lot more of,” Loving said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facebook’s Community Housing Fund will be managed by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the largest community development organization in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The size of the investment says that this is real. For these affordable housing developers that we work with, the more that one source of money can do more for their project, the faster they can get to construction,” said Cindy Wu, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.lisc.org/bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LISC Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One-third of the funding will be dedicated to Santa Clara County through Destination: Home, but projects from Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and San Mateo counties are also eligible to apply. The $150 million is expected to fund at least six projects by 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before Facebook joined its corporate colleagues in making a billion-dollar pledge, the company began to demonstrate a commitment to building local affordable housing with its \u003ca href=\"https://about.fb.com/news/2017/08/a-step-to-catalyze-affordable-housing-in-the-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catalyst Housing Fund\u003c/a>, launched in 2016. 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Its portfolio of investments also includes homelessness prevention efforts and a partnership with the California Housing Finance Agency to provide down payment and mortgage assistance for hundreds of first-time home buyers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As communities face unprecedented challenges this year and many housing projects have been put on hold, we are proud to have been able to accelerate our work to bring more affordable housing options for people in need across California,” wrote Kristina Raspe, Apple’s vice president for Global Real Estate and Facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google has spent $115 million of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11755545/google-pledges-1-billion-to-help-fight-bay-area-housing-crisis-it-helped-create\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$1 billion commitment\u003c/a> it made last year, including $100 million in low-cost funding for housing developers and an investment in the aforementioned Factory_OS, to help it build a second factory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Housing] is going to take things like policy reform and zoning regulations to change in order for us to really change this at scale,” said Jacquelline Fuller, who leads Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org. “But in the meantime, we can … help contribute to affordable housing financing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community housing activists say it’s hard to find fault with the prospect of tens of thousands of affordable housing units coming online over the next 15 years or so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if there is a complaint, it’s that the tech companies are looking to get a return in the form of rents and tax credits. Geoff Morgan, president and CEO of the nonprofit affordable housing developer \u003ca href=\"https://www.firstcommunityhousing.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">First Community Housing\u003c/a>, would like to see the tech giants offer more outright grants than low-cost loans to affordable-housing developers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to bite the hand that feeds me. There’s some high-tech companies that, what they are doing is the reason why we’re able to move forward on a lot of our projects. I just think [grants] would mean we could get deeper levels of affordability for the people that need it most — and we could build more housing units,” Morgan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Leslye Corsiglia, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleyathome.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Silicon Valley at Home\u003c/a>']‘Our communities are not places we want to live and where employees want to to locate if we don’t have housing for everybody.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast, Morgan praises another tech giant, San Jose-based networking hardware maker Cisco Systems, both because the company was one of the first to commit substantial resources to help solve the housing crisis, and because it’s done so with direct donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We worked with Cisco Systems to create \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10761651/a-year-after-the-jungle-san-joses-new-approach-to-homelessness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Second Street Studios\u003c/a>. That property is the very first 100% permanent supportive housing for the chronically homeless in San Jose,” Morgan said. “Cisco really led the way and perhaps encouraged a lot of other high-tech companies by their actions to publicly donate even more funds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not that he isn’t excited about the multifarious commitments from Apple, Facebook and Google rolling out this year. “You just can’t ignore that. That’s a phenomenal accomplishment for them to have the will to do it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s also a selfish reason that corporations might be interested in making these commitments, said Leslye Corsiglia, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleyathome.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Silicon Valley at Home (SV@Home).\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our communities are not places we want to live and where employees want to to locate if we don’t have housing for everybody,” Corsiglia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Facebook will focus $150 million to build 2,000 units of extremely low-income housing as part of the social media company’s pledge in October 2019 to spend \u003ca href=\"https://about.fb.com/news/2019/10/facebook-commits-1-billion-to-address-housing-affordability/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$1 billion\u003c/a> on affordable housing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Facebook says this new Community Housing Fund would be the largest of its kind in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facebook, Apple and Google have each invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the past year alone to finance the restoration and construction of affordable housing in the Bay Area, after pledging last year to spend billions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google was first to pledge $1 billion in June of 2019, and while Apple was the last of the three with an announcement in November of that year, it upped the ante significantly by pledging $2.5 billion. All three tech titans employ tens of thousands of employees, and tens of thousands more through subcontractors. The latter especially struggle to afford to live anywhere in the region, let alone in San Mateo or Santa Clara counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a time when phrase “\u003ca href=\"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-world-in-2018-from-the-economist-highlights-key-global-themes-to-watch-for-next-year-300558659.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tech lash\u003c/a>” was gaining currency in publications across the globe, the companies were also sensitive to growing criticism at home that the booming tech sector was responsible in large part for the housing crisis here. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Pledging Big Money Just the Beginning\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Step one for all the tech titans has been to sit down with stakeholders in the Bay Area affordable housing world, including other financiers, local governments, community activists and organizations like \u003ca href=\"https://destinationhomesv.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Destination: Home\u003c/a>, a public-private partnership fighting homelessness in Santa Clara County, which is contributing an additional $5 million to Facebook’s \u003ca href=\"https://about.fb.com/news/2020/12/facebook-invests-150-million-in-affordable-housing-for-the-bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Housing Fund\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The folks that have the expertise are the folks that have boots on the ground, right? Where is it where we can play a role? It takes partnerships,” said Juan Salazar, director of local policy and community engagement at Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11850415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 692px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11850415\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/2e456227-41a1-4352-848e-9464128aec15.png\" alt=\"The shortage of extremely low-income housing is higher than for any other income group in the San Jose metro area, with just 34 affordable and available homes for every 100 extremely low income households, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.\" width=\"692\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/2e456227-41a1-4352-848e-9464128aec15.png 692w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/2e456227-41a1-4352-848e-9464128aec15-160x39.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/2e456227-41a1-4352-848e-9464128aec15-687x167.png 687w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shortage of extremely low-income housing is higher than for any other income group in the San Jose metro area, with just 34 affordable and available homes for every 100 extremely low income households, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Destination: Home)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Destination: Home CEO Jennifer Loving says that, for her, the most exciting part of Facebook’s latest housing announcement is the fact it’s focused on extremely low-income individuals and families making less than 30% of a region’s median income. For example, in the Bay Area, a family of four making under $45,000 a year or less would meet that threshold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s families who are minimum wage employed. It’s seniors on fixed income, individuals on disability. They might be paying 60, 70, 80, 90 percent of their income just on rent every single month, which puts them in a ridiculously precarious position of becoming homeless, and we’re seeing that now more than ever with the effects of COVID,” Loving said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that any entity trying to build affordable housing faces an uphill battle given the housing market in the Bay Area. Despite the exodus of locals fleeing high rents in recent years, the Bay Area is undersupplied by 699,000 housing units and needs to build 2.2 million more by 2070, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.spur.org/sites/default/files/publications_pdfs/what_it_will_really_take_to_create_an_affordable_bay_area.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study\u003c/a> published in March by the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR). And experts don’t anticipate the current exodus of locals fleeing COVID-19 will budge those numbers much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The market will never create solutions for individuals and families with extremely low income. So the willingness [of tech firms] to use their positional power to say that this housing has to be for the most vulnerable people, that are disproportionately families of color that are really struggling in the Bay. That is the kind of leadership that frankly we need a lot more of,” Loving said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facebook’s Community Housing Fund will be managed by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the largest community development organization in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The size of the investment says that this is real. For these affordable housing developers that we work with, the more that one source of money can do more for their project, the faster they can get to construction,” said Cindy Wu, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.lisc.org/bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LISC Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One-third of the funding will be dedicated to Santa Clara County through Destination: Home, but projects from Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and San Mateo counties are also eligible to apply. The $150 million is expected to fund at least six projects by 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before Facebook joined its corporate colleagues in making a billion-dollar pledge, the company began to demonstrate a commitment to building local affordable housing with its \u003ca href=\"https://about.fb.com/news/2017/08/a-step-to-catalyze-affordable-housing-in-the-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catalyst Housing Fund\u003c/a>, launched in 2016. Facebook has also invested in local companies, like \u003ca href=\"https://factoryos.com/press/factory_os-joins-forces-with-technology-and-finance-leaders-to-solve-the-housing-crisis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Factory_OS\u003c/a>, which builds modular housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11850296\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1960px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11850296\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/apple_housing-initiative-update_page-street-housing_07132020_big.jpg.large_2x.jpg\" alt=\"Apple is allocating more than $400 million toward affordable housing projects and homeowner assistance programs in California this year, including this Charities Housing Development Corporation project in San Jose, financed in partnership with Housing Trust Silicon Valley.\" width=\"1960\" height=\"1308\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/apple_housing-initiative-update_page-street-housing_07132020_big.jpg.large_2x.jpg 1960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/apple_housing-initiative-update_page-street-housing_07132020_big.jpg.large_2x-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/apple_housing-initiative-update_page-street-housing_07132020_big.jpg.large_2x-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/apple_housing-initiative-update_page-street-housing_07132020_big.jpg.large_2x-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/apple_housing-initiative-update_page-street-housing_07132020_big.jpg.large_2x-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/apple_housing-initiative-update_page-street-housing_07132020_big.jpg.large_2x-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1960px) 100vw, 1960px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apple is allocating more than $400 million toward affordable housing projects and homeowner assistance programs in California this year, including this Charities Housing Development Corporation project in San Jose, financed in partnership with Housing Trust Silicon Valley. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Apple)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Apple, Google and Cisco Spending, Too\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>So far, Apple has allocated more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/07/apple-allocates-more-than-400-million-to-combat-california-housing-crisis/\">$500 million\u003c/a> toward building affordable housing of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11784720/apple-pledges-2-5-billion-to-fight-housing-crisis-in-california\">$2.5 billion\u003c/a> it pledged to fight the housing crisis in 2019. Its portfolio of investments also includes homelessness prevention efforts and a partnership with the California Housing Finance Agency to provide down payment and mortgage assistance for hundreds of first-time home buyers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As communities face unprecedented challenges this year and many housing projects have been put on hold, we are proud to have been able to accelerate our work to bring more affordable housing options for people in need across California,” wrote Kristina Raspe, Apple’s vice president for Global Real Estate and Facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google has spent $115 million of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11755545/google-pledges-1-billion-to-help-fight-bay-area-housing-crisis-it-helped-create\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$1 billion commitment\u003c/a> it made last year, including $100 million in low-cost funding for housing developers and an investment in the aforementioned Factory_OS, to help it build a second factory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Housing] is going to take things like policy reform and zoning regulations to change in order for us to really change this at scale,” said Jacquelline Fuller, who leads Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org. “But in the meantime, we can … help contribute to affordable housing financing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community housing activists say it’s hard to find fault with the prospect of tens of thousands of affordable housing units coming online over the next 15 years or so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if there is a complaint, it’s that the tech companies are looking to get a return in the form of rents and tax credits. 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"content": "\u003cp>Jan Stevens was born and raised in Mountain View. She raised her son in the city, too. She’s disabled, unemployed and has relied on child support to help pay the bills. But once her son turned 18, the child support stopped and she began to run out of options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wasn’t able to afford rent [in Mountain View] anymore, so the only choice I had was to get an RV and find someplace else to live,” Stevens said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stevens suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome. Shortly after buying her RV and dropping her son off at college, she was diagnosed with breast cancer as well. Now she sees many doctors, all of whom are in Mountain View.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='homelessness' label='More on Homelessness']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, I would have gladly gone somewhere else, but at this point, I can’t,” she said. “I have longtime friends that support me in many ways. If I ask for a ride to the hospital or to get me groceries, I have a tremendous amount of support here that, if I were to go somewhere else, I would be without.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the past two years, she has parked her RV on a cul-de-sac called Continental Circle, along with about 70 other RV dwellers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mountainview.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=32778\">Measure C\u003c/a>, which passed with just 56% of the vote in Mountain View, bans oversized vehicles — defined as any “which exceeds 22 feet in length or 7 feet in width of 7 feet in height” — from parking on streets that are 40 feet or narrower, unless the vehicle is parked for short duration activities like loading and unloading.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mountainview.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=33419\">Mountain View officials spent six weeks measuring\u003c/a> the 140 miles of city streets to determine what streets would be subject to the rules of the new ordinance. They found that 110 miles, or 78.6% of streets, could potentially qualify as narrow streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will just drive around and park somewhere every night and then move, I guess,” Stevens said. “I really don’t know.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure C was originally an ordinance adopted by the City Council in October 2019. But after several organizations — including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley — sent a letter demanding the ordinance to be suspended and a petition was filed against the ordinance. It was suspended, and RV dwellers were still allowed to park their RVs on city streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Trujillo, a staff attorney with the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, signed the original letter opposing the ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This ban on oversized vehicle parking in Mountain View is cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment, and that comes from a decision called \u003ca href=\"http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/04/01/15-35845.pdf\">\u003cem>Martin v. Boise\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which was decided in 2018,” Trujillo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that because the city of Boise, Idaho, hadn’t provided people with an adequate alternative to sleeping outside, they couldn’t be punished for being homeless. Trujillo feels this same argument can be applied to the RV dwellers in Mountain View.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a majority of voters in Mountain View don’t agree with that argument. Arnold Leon, \u003ca href=\"https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/106043/web.264614/#/detail/103\">one of the 18,000 voters\u003c/a> who voted in favor of Measure C, has been a homeowner in the city for 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you truly can afford rent in Mountain View or elsewhere and that is an option, then I think people should consider that option,” Leon said. “Not all of those RV dwellers are really needy, truly needy people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jan Stevens, Mountain View RV dweller \"]‘I will just drive around and park somewhere every night and then move, I guess. I really don’t know.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leon points to the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/comdev/preservation/safe_parking_program.asp\">Safe Parking Program\u003c/a>, the largest program of its kind in the South Bay and the second largest in the Bay Area. The program offers 70 spaces across Mountain View for people to safely park their vehicles and receive social services and support to find permanent housing. The city plans to expand the program to about 100 spots eventually, but it recently counted more than 300 vehicles currently used as dwellings across Mountain View.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city has to do more, says former Mountain View Mayor Lenny Siegel, who ran for a City Council seat opposing Measure C and lost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t expect [the City Council] to try to undo the will of the voters, but I’m expecting them to find places in Mountain View for people who are living in motor homes, who are from Mountain View, to continue to park,” Siegel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county of Santa Clara will certify the election results on Dec. 3 and the Mountain View City Council will discuss implementation plans during a meeting on Dec. 8. In the meantime, some RV dwellers, including Jan Stevens, say they are planning to sue the city over the measure and their resulting displacement out of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>After three years of bouncing between shelters, relatives’ couches, a tent and other places, Gillette Christa and her 16-month-old dog, Shepherd, had finally gotten into stable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was like taking a load off,” she said. “We were able to finally rest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now her future is uncertain as she waits to hear where she will go next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like some 22,300 people across California, Christa was placed in a hotel in San Francisco as part of a program called \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11838323/heres-how-california-is-turning-hotels-into-housing-for-formerly-homeless-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project Roomkey\u003c/a> – an effort to temporarily house seniors, and people who were medically vulnerable, to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Gov. 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But, he also said it would be a jumping-off point for permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not just thinking short-term,” he said during an \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/282059655808032/videos/198302828289931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 3 press conference\u003c/a> outside a motel in Sacramento. “We’re also beginning to process an orientation of focus and energy around long-term supports, so that we can get people off the streets in a permanent way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But data from seven Bay Area counties, which was analyzed by KQED, show that nearly 16% of the people who have already been discharged from the hotels have made it into permanent housing, or 345 people out of 2,196.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The remaining 84% have gone on to emergency shelters, transitional housing, friends or family, other hotels paid for with private funds, drug rehab facilities, jail, or to tents, cars and encampments. At least 15 people have died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data includes only people experiencing homelessness who stayed in hotels as part of a preventative measure to stop the spread of the coronavirus. It does not include hotel rooms set aside to isolate and quarantine people who had been exposed to the virus and whose stays were limited to 14 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"People Who Moved Into Permanent Housing in the Bay Area\" aria-label=\"Grouped Bars\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-i3X2l\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/i3X2l/9/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"714\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n[datawrapper]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This data does not include Solano County or San Francisco, which has placed more than 3,300 people in hotel rooms or trailers since the start of the pandemic. Officials in San Francisco said they couldn’t provide data on where people went after they left the hotels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in a Nov. 2 letter to county supervisors, Abigail Stewart-Kahn, the interim director of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, said 49 households had been placed in permanent housing from the city’s shelter-in-place hotels, which she believes is an undercount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties across the state are beginning to close down some of those hotels. And advocates say the timing couldn’t be worse as temperatures drop, coronavirus infection rates surge and many congregate shelters remain closed or at reduced capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, Newsom announced another $62 million in grants for counties to help them transition more people into permanent housing, including $35 million to pay for rental subsidies, case management, help finding housing, and landlord incentives, among other things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC3528388264\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has also doled out more than $800 million in grants for some of the hotels to be converted into permanent housing through a separate program, called Project Homekey. Newsom launched the program in June as a way to transition more people out of the temporary hotels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the state has awarded $305.3 million to the Bay Area’s nine counties for 21 projects. The projects will add more than 1,600 units of housing for formerly homeless people, according to an analysis of the awards by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s still a small fraction of the need. More than 8,500 people have gotten temporary housing in Project Roomkey hotels in the Bay Area to date. Heather Freinkel, a managing attorney for the Homeless Action Center, said there’s just not enough housing to go around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No matter how you look at it, the big picture is the big picture,” Freinkel said, adding that the Bay Area was facing a shortage of affordable housing before the pandemic. “There is not enough permanent housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Santa Clara County: Where People Went After Project Roomkey\" aria-label=\"Bar Chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-zzOPJ\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/zzOPJ/5/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"306\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n[datawrapper]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the low percentage of people who’ve made it into housing so far, Freinkel still thinks Project Roomkey has been a success. Placing any number of people who have been homeless into permanent housing should be lauded, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The point [of Project Roomkey] is an emergency intervention to prevent the most vulnerable people from being exposed to COVID-19,” she said. “Considering all the barriers and the lack of available housing, it’s a great accomplishment that even some people were able to obtain permanent housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Hotels Closing\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>San Francisco had planned to close seven its Project Roomkey hotels by Dec. 21, though a city spokesperson said the new state funding would provide more flexibility to keep them open longer if needed. Officials have not given a timeline for how long those hotels might stay open, and have said they plan to move forward with moving people out of the hotels. Those hotels currently have about 500 people staying in them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city plans to phase out its remaining 22 hotels by June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco supervisors on Thursday urged officials to keep all the hotels open for as long as possible and said they planned to introduce legislation to mandate that everyone in the hotels gets placed into permanent housing. The press conference followed a small demonstration earlier this week, when dozens of homeless advocates took to the streets to protest the hotel closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11847951\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11847951\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/Sylvia-Hotels-Not-Hospitals.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/Sylvia-Hotels-Not-Hospitals.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/Sylvia-Hotels-Not-Hospitals-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/Sylvia-Hotels-Not-Hospitals-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/Sylvia-Hotels-Not-Hospitals-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/Sylvia-Hotels-Not-Hospitals-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvia Viviana, an organizer with Hotels not Hospitals, speaks at a protest in the Mission District in San Francisco on Nov, 16, calling for shelter-in-place hotel rooms to remain available for unhoused residents. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan data-pm-slice='1 1 [\"paragraph-wrapper\",null,\"paragraph\",null]'>“The weather is getting colder, COVID cases are surging, and we need to get this right,” Supervisor Matt Haney said Thursday. “The hotels are a critical tool to keep people off the streets.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Stewart-Kahn told KQED the hotel program is not sustainable. Rooms cost roughly $260 per night, she said, compared to between $70 to $90 for other types of housing. The hotel rooms come with three meals a day, laundry service, wellness checks, security guards and case management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are extremely expensive compared to other solutions,” Stewart-Kahn said in an interview. “They were always intended to be temporary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stewart-Kahn said the city is committed to making sure everyone in the hotels would be transferred to “short, medium or long-term” placements when they leave and that she believes there is adequate capacity available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can try to wait until there is perfection, but we are never going to get there,” she said. “This is an opportunity to end homelessness for more people in San Francisco than anyone in our field has ever gotten the opportunity to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11847798\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11847798\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45976_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_HotelsNotHospitalsProtest_11162020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45976_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_HotelsNotHospitalsProtest_11162020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45976_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_HotelsNotHospitalsProtest_11162020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45976_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_HotelsNotHospitalsProtest_11162020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45976_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_HotelsNotHospitalsProtest_11162020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45976_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_HotelsNotHospitalsProtest_11162020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A demonstrator holds a sign in the Mission in San Francisco on Nov, 16, 2020, calling for shelter-in-place hotel rooms to remain available for unhoused residents. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Following the governor’s announcement of more funding this week, Deborah Bouck, a spokesperson for San Francisco’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, said it wasn’t clear yet how much additional funding the city would get, or when.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We look forward to incorporating these resources along with early learnings from the (rehousing) process to inform San Francisco’s rehousing plan,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christa said she expects to find out in the next week whether she will get a permanent home or temporary housing. She fractured her ankle in three places in August, she said, and it’s still healing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s the fear that there may not be a match,” Christa said. “And my ankle won’t be close to well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, she said, she’s already met with a housing coordinator who is working to get her a permanent home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m hopeful, but I’m not counting chickens,” Christa said. “I’m waiting for them to hatch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Different Counties, Different Approaches\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While some counties are winding down their programs, others are keeping their hotels open. Officials in San Francisco, Alameda and Marin counties have all said they’re closing some hotels because they’re concerned the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would stop reimbursing them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FEMA pays for 75% of the cost of running the hotels as part of the emergency response to the coronavirus. California counties have been relying on additional federal funding from the CARES Act, which is set to expire at the end of the year, as well as other state grants or local funding to make up the remaining 25%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Barker, a spokesman for FEMA, said the federal agency would continue providing reimbursement on a month-to-month basis for the emergency shelters as long as there is need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sonoma County: Where People Went After Project Roomkey\" aria-label=\"Bar Chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-88Exl\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/88Exl/5/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"354\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n[datawrapper]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma and Contra Costa counties, which collectively have nine Project Roomkey sites, have both said they will keep those sites open indefinitely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As long as we have the resources and capability, we want to keep the hotels,” said Michael Gause, Sonoma County’s Ending Homelessness program manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alameda County, 1,121 people are currently sheltering at nine hotels. But county officials say they plan to wind down six of them between December and February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re really looking to try to take advantage to make sure everyone can exit the hotels into housing,” said Kerry Abbott, director of Alameda County’s Office of Homeless Care and Coordination. “But that’s obviously a pretty huge feat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county plans to keep one hotel open through June for people who test positive for COVID-19 and need a place to safely quarantine. Unlike the other Project Roomkey hotels, which allow guests to stay as long as they need until they get placed into permanent housing, the quarantine facilities only allow guests to stay until they are no longer at risk of spreading the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also plans to convert two hotels into permanent housing, using the state’s Project Homekey funding. And, it’s working to recruit landlords to place people out of the hotels into private-market units paid for with rent subsidies, Abbott said. So far, they’ve signed up about three dozen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Getting those landlords to give us a call and identifying vacant units in the community is absolutely a priority right now,” Abbott said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marin County: Where People Went After Project Roomkey\" aria-label=\"Bar Chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-PS5yV\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/PS5yV/4/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"600\" height=\"323\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n[datawrapper]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Marin County, all but seven people have transitioned out of its four Project Roomkey hotels. County officials said that 35 people have moved into permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county \u003ca href=\"https://www.marinij.com/2020/10/01/san-rafael-board-approves-temporary-homeless-shelter/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opened a new shelter\u003c/a> in San Rafael for people transitioning out of one of the hotels, said Ellen Hammerle, the vice president of client services for Catholic Charities, a nonprofit that managed two of the hotels in Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='homelessness']Homeward Bound will manage the Kerner Boulevard location as a temporary shelter for 45 people through April, 2022, which will allow social service providers more time to find permanent housing for them, Hammerle said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She credited the successful placements on a high level of coordination between the community organizations involved, county officials and the organizations managing the hotels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of us know the clients individually by name and really care about making sure they get housed and stay safe and get the care, or employment or whatever it is they’re working on,” Hammerle said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she said it’s also been difficult to find placements for people who need mental health services or who have other special needs. That’s a barrier that officials in Sonoma and Solano counties said they faced, as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have mental health clinicians on site [at the hotels],” said Dawn La Bar, chairwoman of Community Action Partnership for the Solano Joint Powers Authority. “I don’t think we realized the extent of that need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A Place to Grow\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For those who have moved from Project Roomkey to more permanent housing, the program has been a lifeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jessica Ellis and her 8-year-old son, King, lost their apartment in June. They were living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the landlord raised their rent, she said. The apartment had bug infestations, the air conditioning stopped working for seven days during a heat spell, and the heat had stopped working during the previous winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11847790\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45955_022_KQED_SanFrancisco_ProjectRoomkey_EllisFamily_11152020-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11847790\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45955_022_KQED_SanFrancisco_ProjectRoomkey_EllisFamily_11152020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45955_022_KQED_SanFrancisco_ProjectRoomkey_EllisFamily_11152020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45955_022_KQED_SanFrancisco_ProjectRoomkey_EllisFamily_11152020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45955_022_KQED_SanFrancisco_ProjectRoomkey_EllisFamily_11152020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45955_022_KQED_SanFrancisco_ProjectRoomkey_EllisFamily_11152020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45955_022_KQED_SanFrancisco_ProjectRoomkey_EllisFamily_11152020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Ellis and her son King pose for a portrait on the back stairs of their apartment building on Nov. 15, 2020. (Photo by Beth LaBerge/KQED) \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rather than fight the landlord over the rent increase, Ellis decided to leave. She wanted a fresh start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just didn’t feel like trying to get water out of a rock,” she said. “That’s why we had to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her son is autistic, and she heard about programs in the Bay Area that might help him. So, they put all their belongings in storage and packed up their car and hit the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I saw the ‘Welcome to California’ sign,” Ellis said, “I started crying. It was such a relief.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>King was enrolled at a summer camp in San Francisco for the first week after they arrived. But soon, the money they budgeted for a hotel ran out. Ellis relied on friends to pitch in money for an Airbnb for a couple nights, but they also found themselves sleeping in their car, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After 10 days without knowing where she would be able to find a place to live, Ellis got in touch with an intake worker at Catholic Charities who placed her and King at one of the Project Roomkey hotels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was like, ‘Praise God,’” Ellis said. “For a single mom to know there were three meals a day I could come get, that was wonderful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11847945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11847945\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/King-Jessica-Ellis-Temp-Check.jpg\" alt=\"King takes his mom's temperature\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/King-Jessica-Ellis-Temp-Check.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/King-Jessica-Ellis-Temp-Check-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/King-Jessica-Ellis-Temp-Check-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/King-Jessica-Ellis-Temp-Check-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/King-Jessica-Ellis-Temp-Check-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Ellis has her temperature checked by her son King at their home in San Francisco. They regularly take their temperatures to monitor for COVID-19. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ellis and her son got keys to their new apartment in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood in September, which she pays for with a Section 8 subsidy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are in a little diamond in the rough,” she said. “It doesn’t have much of the things on my list … no garden, no bathtub, no parking spot … But, it’s secure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After moving every year for the past seven years, Ellis said they finally have a place where they know they can stay for good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a place where hopefully, King can be longer than a year,” she said, “and grow into this wonderful little boy he’s growing into.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>UPDATE: This story includes updated statistics from Alameda County. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Staff writer Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez contributed to this story. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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That’s a barrier that officials in Sonoma and Solano counties said they faced, as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have mental health clinicians on site [at the hotels],” said Dawn La Bar, chairwoman of Community Action Partnership for the Solano Joint Powers Authority. “I don’t think we realized the extent of that need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A Place to Grow\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For those who have moved from Project Roomkey to more permanent housing, the program has been a lifeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jessica Ellis and her 8-year-old son, King, lost their apartment in June. They were living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the landlord raised their rent, she said. The apartment had bug infestations, the air conditioning stopped working for seven days during a heat spell, and the heat had stopped working during the previous winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11847790\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45955_022_KQED_SanFrancisco_ProjectRoomkey_EllisFamily_11152020-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11847790\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45955_022_KQED_SanFrancisco_ProjectRoomkey_EllisFamily_11152020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45955_022_KQED_SanFrancisco_ProjectRoomkey_EllisFamily_11152020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45955_022_KQED_SanFrancisco_ProjectRoomkey_EllisFamily_11152020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45955_022_KQED_SanFrancisco_ProjectRoomkey_EllisFamily_11152020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45955_022_KQED_SanFrancisco_ProjectRoomkey_EllisFamily_11152020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45955_022_KQED_SanFrancisco_ProjectRoomkey_EllisFamily_11152020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Ellis and her son King pose for a portrait on the back stairs of their apartment building on Nov. 15, 2020. (Photo by Beth LaBerge/KQED) \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rather than fight the landlord over the rent increase, Ellis decided to leave. She wanted a fresh start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just didn’t feel like trying to get water out of a rock,” she said. “That’s why we had to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her son is autistic, and she heard about programs in the Bay Area that might help him. So, they put all their belongings in storage and packed up their car and hit the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I saw the ‘Welcome to California’ sign,” Ellis said, “I started crying. It was such a relief.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>King was enrolled at a summer camp in San Francisco for the first week after they arrived. But soon, the money they budgeted for a hotel ran out. Ellis relied on friends to pitch in money for an Airbnb for a couple nights, but they also found themselves sleeping in their car, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After 10 days without knowing where she would be able to find a place to live, Ellis got in touch with an intake worker at Catholic Charities who placed her and King at one of the Project Roomkey hotels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was like, ‘Praise God,’” Ellis said. “For a single mom to know there were three meals a day I could come get, that was wonderful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11847945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11847945\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/King-Jessica-Ellis-Temp-Check.jpg\" alt=\"King takes his mom's temperature\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/King-Jessica-Ellis-Temp-Check.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/King-Jessica-Ellis-Temp-Check-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/King-Jessica-Ellis-Temp-Check-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/King-Jessica-Ellis-Temp-Check-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/King-Jessica-Ellis-Temp-Check-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Ellis has her temperature checked by her son King at their home in San Francisco. 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