A NEW WEST OAKLAND apartment complex was celebrated by local officials and community members last week with the hope that it will help provide affordable housing for low-income individuals and people ...
A few years ago, 300 low-income families in East Oakland began receiving $500 a month. Cold, hard cash, with no strings attached. This was Oakland’s experiment with “guaranteed income,” the idea that ...
As the cost of living rises, driven by a housing affordability crisis, the very definition of being “low income” is changing. In Orange, Santa Barbara and San Diego counties, the threshold for a ...