In the News
Our innovative approach of tackling educational equity by collaborating with property owners to create more affordable housing for teachers is making headlines not only in the Bay Area, but nationwide.
“‘I’ve never had that much space for myself’: Novel Oakland project gives teachers affordable housing“ San Francisco Chronicle, Jill Tucker (April 2, 2026)
“Transformed Oakland building provides affordable housing for teachers“ NBC, Velena Jones (April 2, 2026)
“1 Way to Help Oakland Teachers’ Salaries Go Further? Affordable Housing“ KQED, Katie DeBenedetti (April 3, 2026)
“Affordable housing made available to Oakland teachers” KRON4, Lindsey Ford (April 2, 2026)
“Oakland nonprofit buys apartment to offers teachers low-cost housing” CBS News (April 2, 2026)
“Oakland nonprofit buys $12M building to give teachers a place to call home“ Fox 2 KTVU, Jana Katsuyama (April 2, 2026)
“Oakland Nonprofit Snaps Up Temescal Apartments For Cut-Rate Teacher Housing“ Hoodline, Emily Johnson (April 2, 2026)
“Oakland launches 1st-of-its-kind affordable housing project for teachers thanks to nonprofit“ ABC 7, Anser Hassan (April 3, 2026)
“San Francisco Bay Area apartment building to become affordable housing for teachers“ CoStar, Rachel Scheier (March 4, 2026)
“Oakland apartment building sells to nonprofit eyeing affordable teacher housing” San Francisco Business Times, Hannah Kanik (March 3, 2026)
“TRiO expands its housing help to Oakland teachers” The Oaklandside (Nov 15, 2022)
“$5 Million in State Funding, New Housing Website, Helps Oakland Double Down on Housing Teachers” City of Oakland Press Release (Oct 6, 2022)
“Oakland launches affordable housing marketplace for teachers” ABC7 (Oct 7, 2022)
“New Online Marketplace, Housing Program Aim To Keep Teachers In Oakland” SF Gate (Oct 6, 2022)
“TRiO Named Finalist in National Ideas Challenge” NewDeal Press Release (Nov 17, 2021)
“City of Oakland creates Teachers Rooted in Oakland to help offset living costs for BIPOC, STEM and special education teachers”, Sakinah Muhammad, SF Business Times (Nov 15, 2021)
“Oakland expands program to subsidize housing for aspiring teachers” Ashley McBride, Oaklandside (Sept 29, 2021)
“1st of its kind: Oakland expands housing program for teachers of color” Lisa Fernandez, KTVU (Sept 29, 2021)
“Oakland Expands Program to Recruit, Retain Teachers of Color” Bay City News, NBC Bay Area (Sept 29, 2021)