"Recently, the trend flipped. Market-rate construction has screeched to a halt, but affordable housing has picked up the pace. A bond measure passed by voters, Measure U, and a COVID-era state program called Homekey have helped the city open a lot more low-income housing units - 1,630 homes across 28 properties over the past five years - and get the ball rolling on nearly 2,000 more."
"Now Oakland has a new interactive online dashboard showing where that housing is located, who it's serving, and other details. The affordable housing built or preserved between the summers of 2020 and 2025 is mainly spread around the Oakland flatlands, a map shows. The offerings include about 500 units for formerly homeless residents and almost 800 for families, according to the data."
"If you click through to the second and third slides (don't miss that option at the bottom of the first map), you can see what housing is in the "pipeline" - projects gearing up for development or currently under construction. According to these maps, 1,872 brand new affordable homes are coming in the future, and 406 existing properties are going to be "preserved" - converted into affordable housing."
Oakland experienced a reversal from market-rate development to accelerated affordable housing production. Voter-approved Measure U and the state Homekey program enabled the opening of 1,630 low-income homes across 28 properties over five years and spurred nearly 2,000 additional units in planning. An interactive online dashboard maps locations, populations served, and project details. Built or preserved units between summers 2020 and 2025 concentrate in the flatlands and include about 500 units for formerly homeless residents and almost 800 family units. A pipeline shows 1,872 new affordable homes and 406 preservation conversions, including 238 low-income units at Mandela Station. Preservation often converts small properties into permanent supportive housing with public funding.
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