To ease its deepening housing crisis, Oakland is planning for as many as 36,000 new homes over the next decade — potentially expanding the total number of households in the city by almost a quarter.
Where will all of that new housing go in the city of over 440,000 residents that has long struggled to build enough affordable homes and prevent gentrification and displacement? The answers are beginning to emerge in a 132-page housing plan the city aims to finalize by early next year.
So far, the city has designated over 600 sites for new housing. Most are concentrated in downtown and West Oakland, though planners have identified parcels in