by Diana Chan | Jun 6, 2022 | Blog, Climate Resilience, Oakland, Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing, Stories
Chinatown is so important. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Fong and Friends of Lincoln Square Park. For Chinese immigrant families in Oakland like mine, Chinatown is so important. Most seniors in our community don’t speak English, and Chinatown is the only place we can...
by TEAM APEN | Sep 17, 2021 | Oakland, Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing, Stories
All of us deserve to walk down the street without looking over our shoulders for fear of being attacked – to go to work, drop off our kids at school, get groceries, and gather with friends without fear of being assaulted or worse. Earlier this year, after...
by Clio | Feb 24, 2021 | Climate Resilience, Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing, Statewide, Stories
Public Banks for Clean Energy and a Just Transition Principled Partnerships for a Just Transition: How Public Banks Can Finance Clean Energy Upgrades for Low-Income Renters In 2019, California became the third state to authorize the establishment of Public Banks. The...
by Marie Choi | Aug 13, 2020 | Richmond, Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing, Stories
Over the past year, APEN member leaders Brandy Khansouvong and Sary Tatpaporn interviewed Laotian Americans in Richmond through the RichmondLAND Building Power Fellowship. Richmond is Home: Preventing a Second Displacement of Laotian Americans documents their...
by TEAM APEN | Apr 14, 2020 | Oakland, Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing, Stories
查看中文版本 (View in Simplified Chinese) What is the Oakland Evictions Moratorium? The Oakland Moratorium is currently the only real moratorium on evictions in the state of California. Here’s an overview of what it does: 1) It protects Oakland tenants from being evicted...
by TEAM APEN | Mar 14, 2019 | Climate Resilience, Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing, Statewide, Stories
Last year, hundreds of APEN members got together to take on the issues that matter most — rising energy costs, skyrocketing rents, and hazardous living conditions that are destabilizing our communities. Together, we created a solution that makes it possible for...