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Agenda Item
3.1 25-0455 Subject: Authorization To Enter Into Grant Agreement With Centro Legal De La Raza
From: Housing And Community Development Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Awarding A Grant Agreement To Centro Legal De La Raza, Inc. For An Amount Not To Exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) To Provide Tenant Legal Services And Eviction Protection; On The February 11, 2025 Community And Economic Development Committee Agenda
3 Public Comments
Jeff Levin, Senior Director of Policy, East Bay Housing Organizations
2 months ago
East Bay Housing Organizations urges you to schedule this item and to approve this contract. OHS provides vital services for homelessness prevention and tenant protection. Please vote to fund the Oakland Housing Secure Program. Thank you.
I urge you to put Oakland Housing Secure Program (OHS) contract vote on the agenda and vote YES to approve this contract. Since 2018, OHS has been the supported housing legal services for low-income renters across the Town, providing vital homelessness prevention and anti-displacement legal services. Delays in approving the new contract now threaten the program’s continued operation, putting essential support for our most vulnerable community members.
We are in the midst of an eviction crisis. Eviction rates continue to soar, averaging approximately 150% of pre-pandemic levels every month, with no end in sight. Low-income homeowners in theOakland face similarly dire circumstances, with most federal mortgage relief funding exhausted. As you know, evictions and foreclosures are devastating on individuals and families and have ripple effects that can destabilize their lives for years to come. They also deeply destabilize our communities.
I have consistently seen both the need for these services and the value of the OHS program specifically in our community. Without the OHS program, housing legal services capacity will be dramatically reduced, and residents in Oakland will not be able to access the vital housing legal services that help them remain housed. This program is necessary to prevent displacement, to prevent homelessness, and to keep Oakland families safely and stably housed. Please vote to fund the Oakland Housing Secure Program. Thank you.
I urge you to put Oakland Housing Secure Program (OHS) contract vote on the agenda and vote YES to approve this contract. Since 2018, OHS has been the supported housing legal services for low-income renters across the Town, providing vital homelessness prevention and anti-displacement legal services. Delays in approving the new contract now threaten the program’s continued operation, putting essential support for our most vulnerable community members.
We are in the midst of an eviction crisis. Eviction rates continue to soar, averaging approximately 150% of pre-pandemic levels every month, with no end in sight. Low-income homeowners in theOakland face similarly dire circumstances, with most federal mortgage relief funding exhausted. As you know, evictions and foreclosures are devastating on individuals and families and have ripple effects that can destabilize their lives for years to come. They also deeply destabilize our communities.
I have consistently seen both the need for these services and the value of the OHS program specifically in our community. Without the OHS program, housing legal services capacity will be dramatically reduced, and residents in Oakland will not be able to access the vital housing legal services that help them remain housed. This program is necessary to prevent displacement, to prevent homelessness, and to keep Oakland families safely and stably housed. Please vote to fund the Oakland Housing Secure Program.
East Bay Housing Organizations urges you to schedule this item and to approve this contract. OHS provides vital services for homelessness prevention and tenant protection. Please vote to fund the Oakland Housing Secure Program. Thank you.
I urge you to put Oakland Housing Secure Program (OHS) contract vote on the agenda and vote YES to approve this contract. Since 2018, OHS has been the supported housing legal services for low-income renters across the Town, providing vital homelessness prevention and anti-displacement legal services. Delays in approving the new contract now threaten the program’s continued operation, putting essential support for our most vulnerable community members.
We are in the midst of an eviction crisis. Eviction rates continue to soar, averaging approximately 150% of pre-pandemic levels every month, with no end in sight. Low-income homeowners in theOakland face similarly dire circumstances, with most federal mortgage relief funding exhausted. As you know, evictions and foreclosures are devastating on individuals and families and have ripple effects that can destabilize their lives for years to come. They also deeply destabilize our communities.
I have consistently seen both the need for these services and the value of the OHS program specifically in our community. Without the OHS program, housing legal services capacity will be dramatically reduced, and residents in Oakland will not be able to access the vital housing legal services that help them remain housed. This program is necessary to prevent displacement, to prevent homelessness, and to keep Oakland families safely and stably housed. Please vote to fund the Oakland Housing Secure Program. Thank you.
I urge you to put Oakland Housing Secure Program (OHS) contract vote on the agenda and vote YES to approve this contract. Since 2018, OHS has been the supported housing legal services for low-income renters across the Town, providing vital homelessness prevention and anti-displacement legal services. Delays in approving the new contract now threaten the program’s continued operation, putting essential support for our most vulnerable community members.
We are in the midst of an eviction crisis. Eviction rates continue to soar, averaging approximately 150% of pre-pandemic levels every month, with no end in sight. Low-income homeowners in theOakland face similarly dire circumstances, with most federal mortgage relief funding exhausted. As you know, evictions and foreclosures are devastating on individuals and families and have ripple effects that can destabilize their lives for years to come. They also deeply destabilize our communities.
I have consistently seen both the need for these services and the value of the OHS program specifically in our community. Without the OHS program, housing legal services capacity will be dramatically reduced, and residents in Oakland will not be able to access the vital housing legal services that help them remain housed. This program is necessary to prevent displacement, to prevent homelessness, and to keep Oakland families safely and stably housed. Please vote to fund the Oakland Housing Secure Program.