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Keep Oakland Housed

(K

OH) launched in 2018

to prevent homelessness and displacement among

households with e

xtremely low incomes. The program offers

legal, financial, and supportive services, and is a citywide

collaborative effort between nonprofits, donors, and public

officials who are passionate about preventing homelessness

in Oakland.

In its first two years, K

eep Oakland Housed provided over $9

million in emergency financial assistance and served nearly

5,000 households that were in a housing crisis and facing

eviction, displacement, or imminent homelessness. K

OH

approaches prevention work with a racial equity lens: to date

,

nearly two thirds of program participants have been Black,

reflecting the disproportionate rate of housing insecurity for

the city’

s Black residents.

In March 2020

, at the onset of the CO

VID-19 crisis, the

program e

xpanded beyond renters facing eviction to

also serve non-leaseholders who are at risk of becoming

homeless, including people who are doubled up with other

households or are staying in temporary locations.

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ears (2018-2020)

4,931

Total number of households served

$9

,064,

T

otal emergency financial

assistance provided to

households

$2,527

,130

Total for legal services

provided to households

$2,

149

July 1-Dec 31, 2019

$2,568

Jan-June 30 , 2020

$3,309

July 1-Dec 31, 2020 Average amount of emergency financial assistance per household BEFORE CO VID-19 DURING CO VID-19 *K

eep Oakland Housed works with a third-party program evaluator

, Social P

olicy R

esearch Associates, to collect, analyze

, and document our data, lessons learned, and results.

Nearly

two thirds

of program participants identified as

female

Nearly

two thirds

of program participants were

Black

One third

of program participants had

children

under age 18

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Program Growth

SUMMER 2018 (PIL O T LA UNCH) Goal to serve 250

households per year

Goal to serve

400

households per year

$9 million

$17 million +

100% Private

(2 foundations)

100%

*Courts closed last 8 months of time period.

WINTER 2020

85% Private

and

15% Public

(9 foundations, City of Oakland

CARES Act Funding and

multiple private donors)

3,085 households served 1,908 households served* 85% 15% Funding: An Investment in Families Emergency Financial Assistance Funding Sources: A Public-Private Partnership Legal Services

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RAPIDL

Y RESPONDING

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VID-19

Oakland and Alameda County’

s Eviction

Moratoria:

Setting

the

Precedent

for

the

Nation

Demand for housing assistance shot up when CO

VID-19-related

job losses hit Bay Area residents. K

eep Oakland Housed quickly

mobilized alongside other housing advocates to urge elected

officials to halt evictions. The City of Oakland acted quickly as

the City Council voted unanimously to enact one of the first

eviction moratoria in the state

. With Oakland’

s moratorium in

place

, K

eep Oakland Housed focused its efforts on the county

.

As a result, Alameda County passed a groundbreaking eviction

moratorium, blocking up to 100 evictions per week. T

ogether

,

Oakland and Alameda County’

s eviction moratoria were two of

the earliest and strongest in the country

, and thus, set the tone

for other city

, county

, state and federal eviction protections.

Advocates then turned their attention to the state

, helping to

pass AB 3088, critical statewide legislation which helped k

eep

16 million California renters housed and able to safely shelter in

place . All the while , K OH’ s attorneys continued to inform tenants

and landlords about changing laws during the pandemic,

preventing unlawful evictions that would have e

xacerbated the

public health crisis.

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VID-19

Leveraging CO

VID-19 Funding to

Keep P

eople at Home

As rent bills piled up for households with low

incomes and those who had lost their jobs,

Bay Area donors stepped up to help

. Between

March and A

ugust, K

eep Oakland Housed

raised appro

ximately $1.5 million additional

dollars. Soon after

, another $5 million in federal

CARES Act funding was dedicated to renter and

homeowner relief by the City of Oakland. K

OH’

s

strong infrastructure and proven approach to

preventing evictions and homelessness allowed

it to quickly raise and deploy these dollars to

help households on the brink of homelessness.

New donations meant the program could e

xpand

to include more community-based organizations

working on the frontlines in the Black and L

atinx

neighborhoods with the highest rates

of CO

VID-19

.

It is often said that most Americans

derive their wealth from their homes. W

e

think the dominant narrative should be

that people derive their health from their

homes. Health and housing go hand in

hand and that is why we are fighting so

hard to k

eep people housed.

– Zoë P olk, Ex ecutive Director ,

East Bay Community L

aw Center

,

a K

eep Oakland Housed partner

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Expanding as the Need for Housing

Assistance Grows

At the start of the pandemic, K

eep Oakland

Housed saw a huge increase in the number

of people who suddenly could not k

eep up

with their rent and basic e

xpenses. T

o ensure

that Asian, Black and L

atinx residents across

Oakland could access assistance

, K

eep

Oakland Housed invited three new agencies

into the collaborative

. P

artnerships with East

Bay Asian L

ocal Development Corporation,

Roots Community Health Center

, and the Unity

Council provided linguistically and culturally

accessible services to residents directly in their

neighborhoods, from organizations they know

and trust. With each surge

, more and more

people are at risk of losing their homes. K

OH is

working in overdrive to strengthen the safety net

through collaboration, direct support, emergency

financial assistance , and advocacy , as demand continues to increase . W

e deployed every available resource

and used our infrastructure to k

eep

people in their homes. Prevention is

a necessary component of ending

homelessness, and we are ready to

expand, and to inspire similar models

across the country

.

–

Jamie Almanza, CEO

,

Bay Area Community Services

,

a K

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SENTIAL

The knowledge we have gained

through K

eep Oakland Housed lays the

foundation for the societal recovery that

lies ahead. CO

VID-19 has underscored

the deeper inequities that challenge our

Black and Brown communities, from

housing to health. W

e as a people have

much more work to do

, and I implore our

leaders at all levels to work with us to

support long-term solutions.

–

Margaret P

eterson, CEO

,

Catholic Charities East Bay

,

a K

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e Can Prevent Homelessness

Four things are required to prevent homelessness:

1.

Evidence-based programs

grounded in

racial equity and focused on people who are at

the greatest risk of homelessness.

2.

Public policies

designed to protect people

from becoming homeless.

3.

Public and private funding

for

affordable housing and homelessness

prevention. 4. The unwavering belief that housing is essential

and that it is not only possible

, but

our shared responsibility to guarantee that

everyone has a safe place to call home

.

W

e are building a movement to k

eep people housed. Join us.

www

.k

eepoaklandhoused.

org

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CO

VID-19 has underscored a fundamental truth: housing is a basic human

need. A stable home is a prerequisite for good health and economic

opportunity

. K

eep Oakland Housed unites nonprofits with philanthropic and

public support to address the eviction and homelessness crisis at scale

.

Ambitious, collaborative

, fle

xible

, fast, and data-driven, K

eep Oakland Housed

is an all-hands-on-deck effort to stop homelessness before it starts.

– Jackie Downing, Ex ecutive Director , Crank start, a K

eep Oakland Housed funder

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Thousands of Oakland residents remain housed thank

s to the nonprofits,

donors, and many partners that mak

e K

eep Oakland Housed possible

.

Donors

Anonymous Donors

AAA Matching Program

Apple Computer

, Inc. Matching Program

Bank

s Family Foundation

Chan Zuck

erberg Foundation

City of Oakland C

ARES Act Funding

Cory Ishihara-wing

Destiny Muhammad

East Bay Community Foundation -

LMNRP Fund

Fidelity Charitable – Hawthorn Ubell

Family Fund

Google Challenge Grant

Hellman Family Foundation

Jaishree Gopal Jessica Spahn Kate Richardson Kelson Foundation Laura Mandel Logan K elley

Loud Hound Foundation

Mailchimp

Matthew S

teinfeld

Max Eisendrath

City of Oakland Mayor’

s Office (Mayor Schaaf 's Inaugural Event) New V enture Fund Nicole Gee Rebekah Otto Sam Diserens

Schwab Charitable Fund –

Zoe & Ivan Sifrim

SoftBank Group International

The Benevity Community Impact Fund

The P

atricia T

am Foundation

Tipping P

oint Community

UBS Donor-Advised Funds – Darwish

Vanguard Charitable - Y

W

ells Fargo Foundation

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Partners and Supporters

All Home

Centro L

egal de la R

aza

East Bay Asian L

ocal Development Corporation

Eden I&R (211)

EveryOne Home

Unity Council

Roots Community Health Center

Social P olicy R esearch Associates

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SUPPORT KEEP

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AKL

AND HOUSED

Together , we can mak

e sure that all Oakland residents have the

housing they need to thrive

.

Keep Oakland Housed is continuing to fundraise to meet

increased demand.

To donate

, visit

keepoaklandhoused.

org

or contact the San Francisco

Foundation at donorservices@sff .org or (415) 733-8590 .

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