After more than three years, the COVID-related eviction moratorium in Oakland expired on Saturday.
on March 27, 2020, in response to the pandemic. The ordinance addressed concerns that workers affected both by COVID and shelter-in-place orders would be unable to find new housing if they were evicted for failing to pay rent. The ordinance also capped the amount that landlords could increase rent and added new rules around commercial evictions, among other provisions. COVID State of Emergency
, Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunado Bass proposed phasing out the eviction moratorium. The policy was controversial among renters' advocates, while landlords called for an immediate end to the policy. A very heated debate over how and when to end the current eviction moratorium in Oakland has reached a boiling point. Velena Jones reports.
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