Homeless encampments are a part of the landscape in many U.S. cities. In Oakland, California, one of the longest-standing and ...

The site of what was once a sprawling homeless encampment in West Oakland has become an affordable housing complex for ...

Prescott Station opens in West Oakland, offering 235 affordable apartments on a former homeless encampment site.

Cities around the Bay Area have been debating how to handle people camping in public places or living in RVs. Oakland may ...

I’ve been helping people live in affordable homes for 25 years. It pains me to say my job has never been so difficult.

Fixing city finances, spurring the local economy, housing the homeless: What priorities will Mayor Barbara Lee highlight?

On Wednesday morning, Oakland leaders gathered to hear a new proposal to solve homelessness that immediately drew backlash. Outside City Hall, homeless activists were protesting what was going on ...

In Oakland, California, District 7 Councilman Ken Houston is facing pushback as he works to crack down on the city's homeless crisis. Houston, a Democrat, has earned both praise and criticism as he ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- In a temporary win for the group "Moms4Housing," a judge held off on ruling whether a group of moms must leave a vacant Oakland home. The group moved into the Magnolia Street ...

Cardboard boxes, broken appliances, and mattresses litter Oakland's streets, turning the California city into a battleground against trash as officials and residents scramble for solutions to an ...

Many residents say that illegal dumping has inundated Oakland, Calif., a city with more garbage than almost anywhere else.