Housing for all: despite settlement, the fight continues
By Anita de Asis Miralle aka Needa Bee on Even though the city settled, we will continue fighting for the end of encampment evictions; housing for all.
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Unhoused Oaklanders make policy change in court
By Alastair Boone on A recent settlement agreement between the City of Oakland and seven unhoused plaintiffs could lead to big changes to the city’s Encampment Management Policy
Housing and Dignity residents respond to eviction in their own words
By Needa Bee, Kaleeo Alcatar, and Jodii Everett Le’Grande on On Thursday December 6, without warning, the city administration violently evicted the 13 residents of the Housing and Dignity Village (HDV), a service hub at Elmhurst Avenue and Edes Avenue in deep East Oakland. Over 20 Oakland Police officers were present to lead residents away in handcuffs, as Public Works employees worked overtime to destroy everything on site.
East Oakland’s “Housing and Dignity Village” encampment evicted
By Alastair Boone on It was December 6, and Oakland Police officers had stormed Housing and Dignity Village—a homeless encampment for women of color and their children in East Oakland—to evict the residents who lived there.
Federal judge rules that the City of Oakland can evict the residents of Housing and Dignity Village without violating their rights
By Grover Wehman-Brown on Monday, November 26 U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam heard arguments to decide if the City of Oakland has the right to evict the residents of Housing and Dignity Village—a group of unhoused women of color and their families who have been living on a city-owned lot in East Oakland since late October.