Nearly three years after Holy Names University shut down amid declining enrollment and rising costs, the 60-acre campus in East Oakland is set to be reborn for a new purpose: housing.

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Inspired by Moms 4 Housing and the homeless crisis, an Oakland City Councilmember put forth a plan to keep rental units in the hands of the tenants occupying them. RELATED: ...

The slow trickle of affordable housing construction in Oakland has turned into a steady stream. The city issued permits for about 700 low-income homes last year, and another 100 priced for ...

OAKLAND — An affordable housing development has been proposed for the site of a peace center and former church just north of downtown Oakland, documents on file with city officials show. The Unity ...

The West Oakland project is part of a growing trend called YIGBY, or Yes in God's Backyard, where churches across the Bay ...

Editor’s note: This story was first published in a Pittsburgh’s Public Source neighborhood zine. Look for our printed zines now in Brookline, Carrick, Overbrook and Oakland. At every corner in Oakland ...

The California Hotel in Oakland, one of the East Bay’s most recognizable landmarks, has seen better days. Most know the historic building in West Oakland by its enormous rooftop sign, which looms over ...

Cris Bautista teaches high school in Oakland, California, but to afford to live in the San Francisco Bay Area, he commutes an hour or more to an apartment he shares with another teacher and works ...