Welcome to the Bay Area Equity Atlas, a comprehensive data support system to track the state of equity across the region and inform solutions for inclusive prosperity.
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Our most recent analysis provides a closer look at how Bay Area applicants have fared in California's statewide rent relief program. At the time of their application, 27,601 renter households(31 percent) reported receiving an eviction notice or being threatened with eviction by their landlord, with Solano County having the highest share of applicants facing eviction risk in the region.
Support for Equity Campaigns
Testifying in support of just cause eviction protections before city council. Talking with your neighbors about the need for transit investment. Building a coalition to address the jobs-housing imbalance in the region. Community leaders from San Jose to Concord are using Bay Area Equity Atlas data to power their campaigns.
In Their Own Words...
“ For me, as a mom, it was very positive my children didn’t have to move constantly.”
Rent control has allowed Evangelina Lara and her family to live in the same apartment in Oakland's San Antonio neighborhood for 20 years. Recently, a large corporation bought the building and sought to evict all the tenants by illegally raising the rent and then flipping their units. Using protections under the rent control law, with support from Causa Justa :: Just Cause, Evangelina and her neighbors successfully fought the rent increases and were able to maintain their affordable rents and stay in the city.
Photo: Felix Uribe
