Protect Oakland Tenants Now! Rent Increases Up To 120% Are Displacing Residents
116 Comments
D
Darrell Robert Johns
9 years ago
CALIFORNIA
V
valerie ramos
10 years ago
California
S
Sabah Williams
10 years ago
California
M
marie johnson
10 years ago
CA
C
CREIGHTON DENNIS
11 years ago
CA
P
Paul Allen
11 years ago
Overturn Costa-Hawkins!
J
Jessica
11 years ago
Its a shame I've lived here my whole life and can't even afford to stay!
L
Laura Marshall
11 years ago
Featured
Mayor Schaaf- I sign this petition to implore you to listen to the people who elected you and keep your promise to maintain affordable housing in Oakland. If you continue to allow these privatized developments (on public land, especially) to continue to happen with little or no regard for existing Oaklanders of all economic statuses, you will be leaving a irreparably damaging legacy and will contribute to the demise of Oakland's incredible diversity.
J
Jose Corado
11 years ago
Featured
I am currently experiencing this as of March 30th. i feel alone in this battle: Encourage landlords to be reasonable and fair when proposing rent increases. Increasing existing tenant rents by 50% to 120% is essentially a forced eviction for many.
R
Rebecca Lippert
11 years ago
Hopefully Mayor Schaaf can hear her constituents over the financial roar of her developer buddies.
J
Jason Ranieri
11 years ago
Featured
I work with youth who are homeless in Oakland. Even with rents and house prices at current levels, emerging adults don't earn enough at their entry level jobs to be able to afford housing in neighborhoods where they grew up and now work. And housing costs continue to increase with no end in sight. It is well past time for our City Council to act to prevent outrageous greed from driving out emerging adults and the rest of us who aren't part of the 1%.
A
Amy C Smither
11 years ago
Virginia
L
Lynda Carson
11 years ago
Libby Schaaf and the City Council needs to be pressured to do everything possible to keep tenants from displacement, greedy landlords, and harassment by landlords!
X
Xavier King
11 years ago
Trying to be greedy and jack up the rents in Oakland to force certain people out is a discrace and it shall backfire on the greedy owners!!!
M
marie johnson
11 years ago
CA
J
Juanita Gerber
11 years ago
CA
K
Kevin Koczela
11 years ago
12 year Oakland resident
E
Elizabeth Claman
11 years ago
It's time for wealthy landlords to stop victimizing tenants. Keep rents sane!
A
Alexis Davidson
11 years ago
Oakland, CA
R
Rahsaan Smith
11 years ago
Featured
I'm disabled on SSDI, I'm paying 1040 for a studio. The owner treated a unit for bed bugs and never told the tenants so they traveled to my unit. I can't afford to move ANYWHERE because I don't make 3 times the rent... We need help
CALIFORNIA
California
California
CA
CA
Overturn Costa-Hawkins!
Its a shame I've lived here my whole life and can't even afford to stay!
Mayor Schaaf- I sign this petition to implore you to listen to the people who elected you and keep your promise to maintain affordable housing in Oakland. If you continue to allow these privatized developments (on public land, especially) to continue to happen with little or no regard for existing Oaklanders of all economic statuses, you will be leaving a irreparably damaging legacy and will contribute to the demise of Oakland's incredible diversity.
I am currently experiencing this as of March 30th. i feel alone in this battle: Encourage landlords to be reasonable and fair when proposing rent increases. Increasing existing tenant rents by 50% to 120% is essentially a forced eviction for many.
Hopefully Mayor Schaaf can hear her constituents over the financial roar of her developer buddies.
I work with youth who are homeless in Oakland. Even with rents and house prices at current levels, emerging adults don't earn enough at their entry level jobs to be able to afford housing in neighborhoods where they grew up and now work. And housing costs continue to increase with no end in sight. It is well past time for our City Council to act to prevent outrageous greed from driving out emerging adults and the rest of us who aren't part of the 1%.
Virginia
Libby Schaaf and the City Council needs to be pressured to do everything possible to keep tenants from displacement, greedy landlords, and harassment by landlords!
Trying to be greedy and jack up the rents in Oakland to force certain people out is a discrace and it shall backfire on the greedy owners!!!
CA
CA
12 year Oakland resident
It's time for wealthy landlords to stop victimizing tenants. Keep rents sane!
Oakland, CA
I'm disabled on SSDI, I'm paying 1040 for a studio. The owner treated a unit for bed bugs and never told the tenants so they traveled to my unit. I can't afford to move ANYWHERE because I don't make 3 times the rent... We need help