https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/07/05/oakland-11-years-later-this-homeless-housing-is-ready-for-occupancy/

OAKLAND — After more than a decade of work, hundreds of thousands of dollars raised and multiple city permitting hurdles jumped, a housing development built by homeless people for homeless people is ready to accept new residents.

The four new townhomes on MacArthur Boulevard in East Oakland will house about eight families rent-free after the city recently waived the project’s final hurdle — a $40,000 impact fee. The developer, a grassroots nonprofit group called Poor Magazine, says the project has been ready for occupancy for more than a year, but kept getting caught up in city fees and other bureaucracy.