Oakland community organizers and politicians were gathering on the steps of Frank H. Ogawa plaza Monday afternoon to demand a repeal of the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act.

A group of Oakland apartment tenants says their landlord has been unresponsive to their needs, so they've gone on a rent strike.

However, one Bay Area city could see its largest one-year increase come July. The city of Oakland says landlords of rent-controlled properties can raise rent by 6.7% because of inflation.

OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Oakland city leaders have voted in favor of tenants, preventing a major rent hike for people living in protected units as the end of an eviction moratorium looms. Renters and ...

Oakland has launched its Keep Oakland Housed Emergency Rental Assistance Program to help tenants who have accumulated debt for late rent or utility payments.

Aimed at reducing gentrification and homelessness and improving equity, Oakland has embarked on a pilot program that pays a portion of a resident's rent for 18 months, city officials announced ...

In a sign suggesting that rent prices in Oakland may be leveling out -- at least for now, a new report found the East Bay city saw the nation’s slowest growth in rent over the past year, as ...

OAKLAND — Oakland has started a program to help those struggling to pay rent or utilities in the wake of the COVID-19 economic fallout. The city launched on Thursday its Keep Oakland Housed Emergency ...

Tenants striking in Oakland hope that by not paying rent, they'll force their landlord to negotiate a sale of the building.

The city launched on Thursday its Keep Oakland Housed Emergency Rental Assistance Program to help tenants who have accumulated debt for late rent or utility payments.