Can this innovative housing idea survive the Bay Area’s real estate market?
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/05/19/can-this-innovative-housing-idea-survive-the-bay-areas-real-estate-market/
After more than three years of fighting for his East Oakland home, Rafael Luna is exhausted.
Campaigning against rent hikes that could have priced them out of their apartment building, Luna and his neighbors passed out fliers at the building owner’s office, protested outside the owner’s mother’s house and even had two run-ins with the police. This month, the tenants finally are celebrating a major milestone — a local community land trust bought the building and will convert it into affordable housing.