Oakland

What's the Best Way to Keep Oakland Affordable?

Name: What's the Best Way to Keep Oakland Affordable?
Start: 2016-01-07T20:30:00
End: 2016-01-07T20:30:00
Location: SPUR Oakland

Housing for All in Oakland

Lunchtime Forum

12:30 p.m. | Thursday, January 7, 2016

Photo by Sergio Ruiz

Housing costs have grown more rapidly in Oakland than in nearly any other American city and experts differ on the best way to keep it affordable. Should local housing policy focus on building new affordable housing units, or should the city buy existing housing and making those units affordable over the long term? Should they be providing more vouchers to cover the difference between what people can afford and market prices? Or is the answer all of the above? Join us to discuss these and other strategies as the region’s affordability crisis hits home.

+ Fred Blackwell / San Francisco Foundation
+ Eric Johnson / Oakland Housing Authority
+ Susan Friedland / Satellite Affordable Housing Associates

Planning on attending this forum? Bring a coat because the space can be chilly!

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