How Oakland Is Tackling Its Housing Crisis

Just across the Bay Bridge from one of the most famous examples of a broken housing market, Oakland is working to keep up with the effects of housing demand.

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March 18, 2016, 1:00 PM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell

Sarah Karlinsky describes the efforts of Oakland, California to quell its housing crisis, after "asking rents increased more than 68 percent between 2007 and 2015."

The article reads like an executive summary for a housing plan, with background on the crisis, links to resources, and a description of each point in the city's strategy to bring balance to the city's housing market:

Protect renters
Take existing housing out of the speculative market
Create new resources to build more affordable housing
Build new market rate housing

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