Offers help to eligible Oakland residents who have past-due rent. Services provided include:
Legal Assistance: Low-income tenants in Oakland who have an eviction lawsuit or legal questions concerning their housing.
Housing Problem-Solving: Oakland residents who are currently housed and need support and/or financial support to ensure they do not become homelessness.
Resource brokerage: Oakland residents who are unstably housed and looking for connections to resources that can support them to find sustainability
Employment support: Oakland residents who are interested in becoming gainfully employed and need support increasing their income
Applicants are now eligible for assistance one time.
NOTE: As of April 2025, Keep People Housed is no longer helping with Deposit Assistance.
Eligibility: Open to Oakland residents with extremely low incomes who are at imminent risk of
losing their housing due to financial and/or legal hardship.
Household Size for low income: One Person $73,100. Two Person $83,500. Three Person $94,000 . Four Person $104,000. Five Person $112,800. Six Person $121,150. Seven Person $129,500. Eight Person $137,850
Households with an unlawful detainer or 3 day notice must contact the Eviction Defense Center.
Requirements: Completed application, with documentation of a Housing Crisis (eviction notice, notice to vacate, termination letter from employer, etc.)
ID or other proof of identity
Proof of Income
3-day notice, unlawful detainer filings, etc.
W-9 from landlord or new lease agreement
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