OAKLAND — With inflation on the rise and the pandemic still raging, the Oakland City Council has given tenants of rent-controlled units some relief by lowering the lid on rent increases.

Citing escalating rents that tenant advocates call a threat to Oakland’s character, the City Council threw its support Wednesday behind a November ballot measure that would limit property owners ...

OAKLAND — For the next six months, Oakland landlords won’t be able to raise rents on properties under rent control after making repairs to them. Oakland and San Francisco are the only two ...

As several news outlets have observed, rental site Zillow is for the first time projecting average rents in excess of $3,000/month in poor, tempest-tossed Oakland. For those keeping score at home ...

Oakland, unlike almost any other major city in the Bay Area, allows landlords to pass through 100 percent of capital improvements to tenants over a five-year period.

OAKLAND — In a victory for tenants, the Oakland City Council voted Tuesday to cap rent increases at 3% instead of 6.7%, which the current law would have allowed come July.