A measure on the ballot this November in Oakland seeks to give the city authority to develop, build, acquire or help develop up to 13,000 low-rent housing units in the city.
Measure Q aims to provide affordable rental housing for Oakland residents. Voter authorization to build low-rent housing is required by the state Constitution.
Fife's resolution says,"Access to low and very low-income housing is critical to ensuring that a growing number of Oakland residents are not plunged into homelessness." That is happening as the city builds more than the required number of market-rate housing units and falls short of its goal to build below-market-rate units.
Oakland already provides grants and loans to organizations that develop affordable housing in the city. Most of the organizations are non-profit groups, which in many cases own and manage the developments.
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