Impact Fees Report must be clear & transparent: EBHO’s Letter to Oakland City Council
Read the letter to Oakland City Council about the recently released Impact Fees Report.
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Seeking our next leaders to join EBHO’s Board of Directors
EBHO is looking for new members of our Board of Directors! Are you passionate about housing justice? Want to learn more about affordable housing, EBHO, and non-profit governance, while volunteering with a great group of colleagues? Then please consider applying to be for one of our 2021 board nomination slots.
Powerful Image Created From Imagining Our Future
On July 17th, EBHO members and supporters participated in a collective reflection exercise with the purpose of imagining what the East Bay could be like when we win housing justice. To win housing justice will require ending inequality, and building the future we need.
New Report from Bay Area Equity Atlas Predicts a Wave of Evictions in Contra Costa County
The Bay Area Equity Atlas report found that 12,000 renter households, including 10,400 children, are at imminent risk of eviction if the County fails to take further action. An additional 9,500 households could be at risk of eviction once the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program ends at the end of July.
2020 Statewide Legislative Priorities
Each year EBHO's Regional Policy Committee, staff, and board members review state legislation and determine which bills are best suited to further our mission to protect, preserve, and create affordable homes for low-income people in the East Bay. Below are the bills determined by our team as high-priority to endorse and advocate for them to pass.
We Are Hiring: Community, Faith, & Justice Organizer
The Community Faith and Justice Organizer is responsible for engaging a wide range of EBHO’s members in campaigns for housing justice. About a third of the Organizer’s time will be spent coordinating EBHO's Faith and Justice Committee, an initiative to broaden and deepen the engagement of faith-based organizations and leaders as well as other social justice advocates for affordable housing for the lowest income communities.
Alameda County Eviction Moratorium Must Remain Strong
During the pandemic that is harming Black and Latinx residents in the East Bay at higher rates than white residents because of racial and economic inequality, we call for the County Supervisors in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties to divest funds from police and jails and invest in Black futures of health and healing, which requires quality affordable housing.
Critical housing recommendations for a stable future: A Letter to Local Officials
The Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH), All Home and East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO) are providing critical local recommendations on immediate actions that you can take that will significantly help your constituents.
EBHO calls for Moratorium on Evictions during COVID 19 pandemic
Today, EBHO joins advocacy groups across the East Bay in calling for a moratorium on evictions during the outbreak of COVID 19, which has interfered with people’s ability to work and called on many individuals to provide care for sick
Gloria Bruce is a Guest on Forum| KQED News
EBHO's Executive Director, Gloria Bruce, joined Mina Kim, Amie Fishman, and Ben Metcalf on the Forum at KQED News for an in-depth conversation about what can be done to solve the Affordable Housing Crisis in the Bay Area.
Press Release: Oakland Condo Conversion Ordinance
Media Contact
Grover Wehman-Brown
Communications and Membership Associate
510-663-3830 x 314
grover@ebho.org
For Immediate Release
Anti-displacement updates to Oakland’s Condo Conversion Ordinance extend tenant protections to 20,000 new homes and close loopholes that drive up the cost of rental housing.
Press Release: Impact Fees into Affordable Housing Now Action
For Immediate Release
Contact: Grover Wehman-Brown, East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO), 510-663-3830, grover@ebho.org.
November 20, 2019: Impact Fees into Affordable Housing Now
The City of Oakland must prioritize releasing Impact Fees to build affordable homes now.
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Disparate Impact: EBHO Submits Public Comments to HUD
Today, EBHO’s Program Director, Sophia DeWitt, submitted public comments to the department of Housing and Urban Development asking them to reject their plans to roll back protections within the Fair Housing Act. The department plans to weaken the definition
EBHO Co-sponsored Public Land for Public Good bill expands affordable housing opportunities across California.
On Wednesday October 9th, EBHO staff celebrated as we learned that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB1486 (Ting), the bill that strengthens rules about how cities, counties, school, transportation districts, etc. use public land for public good.
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