affordable housing – Page 3

We need affordable housing, not condos and townhouses

April 20, 2016 By Lawrence H. Geller

As one activist said, "there is a time to write letters, a time to meet, and when all else fails, a time to take to the streets."

East Oaklanders present new vision for fair development

March 14, 2016 By Marilyn Bechtel

Area residents have demanded that affordable housing, a clean and healthy environment, and good union jobs for current residents be written into any development plan for the area.

Workers and their union, SEIU, fight for housing at “pop-up” Thanksgiving

December 2, 2015 By Chauncey K. Robinson

It was to shine a light on how working families are affected negatively by the high cost of living in the city and the lack of livable wages.

Bay area residents demand affordable housing

November 2, 2015 By Chauncey K. Robinson

Workers are not going to stand for housing prices that make it impossible for them to work and live in the Bay Area.

A second look at FDR’s “Second Bill of Rights”

June 4, 2015 By Norman Markowitz

In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, preparing to run for a fourth term, proposed a "Second Bill of Rights" for post World War II U.S.