First North Berkeley affordable housing in over 30 years, Jordan Court, opens
Tenants began moving into the 34-unit affordable senior housing project in March after being chosen among 1,000 applicants.
Tenants began moving into the 34-unit affordable senior housing project in March after being chosen among 1,000 applicants.
The main causes of death were overdoses and medical conditions, many “preventable,” according to a county report.
Six of the remaining people at the Ashby-Shellmound encampment have disabilities that make it difficult to find housing.
Jeffrey Edwards was able to escape mostly unscathed from the blaze.
The parcels are part of the ongoing Adeline Corridor Plan near Ashby BART.
Most of the money is for a new Specialized Care Unit that would respond instead of armed police to people in crisis.
The loss of so many leading Berkeley activists who worked to give unsheltered people a greater say in their living conditions is sorely felt, but the fight will go on, say advocates.
Brust runs Consider the Homeless which delivers soup, food and groceries to those living on the streets of Berkeley. She now has advanced cancer and needs funds for her medical care.
The city of Berkeley is set to move dozens of unhoused people into 18 RVs and a rehabbed house as part of a new respite program approved by officials Tuesday night in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
UC Berkeley is expected to begin construction at the park in the summer.
The project is the city’s largest, 100% affordable housing development and includes supportive housing.
The state granted $16.4 million to convert the hotel into 44 permanent affordable housing units.
Young unhoused people in Berkeley and surrounding cities will lead the decision-making process about how to use the federal grant.
Chloe moved from New York to California to find a safer, more welcoming space for her gender transition.
Twenty-five percent of West Berkeley encampment residents are in hotels, 17% were housed and 25% are still on the streets.
The BESS ran from November to April this year, and remained open 24 hours a day with reduced capacity.
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RV residents are required to move by Oct. 6, but some plan to protest what they see as a rushed alternative.
Multimedia journalist Yesica Prado has spent the past year examining the local culture of vehicle living. She created a short film that documents her own daily life living in an RV.
The city of Berkeley is moving ahead with a plan to grant three-month renewable permits to 25 RV dwellers so they can stay overnight at certain municipal parking lots once the program is up and running.
The pandemic likely worsened the homelessness crisis, but a crucial population count was delayed until now.
Neumann, who came up in the counterculture 1960s, will continue advocacy through his private practice as well as his work as an artist.
Grandmasters, students, children, passersby and local workers are all welcome at the Telegraph tables, organized by a community activist.
According to a forthcoming report, more than 800 unhoused people died in the county over a three-year period, significantly higher than previous estimates.
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