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Current Projects

The City of Oakland has 5 projects for sheltering the homeless --

​Project Roomkey, Hotels (3)

Operation Home Base, Trailers (67)
Residential properties (2)
Safe Parking sites (3) 
Tuff Shed sites (5)



​Info on current projects below....


Project Roomkey (updated May 11)

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Residential Properties

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Henry Robinson Center.
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The Holland. 641 Grand Ave
The City of Oakland Residential Property Acquisitions for re-housing homeless. 
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Henry Robinson Center and The Holland. Together assist about 480 people per year

More property acquisitions are being planned. 

Safe Parking / RV sites

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​The Safe Parking RV sites are located at
  • 615 High Street (41 RVs)
  • Beach St. adjacent to Mandela Cabins (17 RVs)
  • ​71st in East Oakland (up to 45 RVs)
  • ​2400 Wood Street (80 RVs, opening soon)

Tuff Sheds

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Tuff Shed 
projects designed as temporary transitional shelters to help stabilize the homeless and assist in the finding of permanent housing.  The  City of Oakland and private donors/volunteers have set up Tuff Shed Temporary Shelter Units at 5 locations --  
Northgate, Lake Merritt, Miller Ave, Mandela, Oak St.
20 Sheds per site (Mandela 40), two occupants per structure.
 Breakfast and dinner are donated; portable showers on site twice a week.  The sites are gated with secured entry/exit, shared porta-potties, but no running water.  

NOTE: HAWG's position has always been that because of relative cost, inefficiency, inadequate policies (no occupant involvement), forcing 2 unknown people in a small crowded space, the susceptibility of the city to overstate its "success" stats, CALM has publicly declared that the Tuff Sheds program would be the least of its choices for anti-homelessness.
  
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Miller Ave project opened January 31, 2019
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Mandela project Opened July 3, 2019
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Oak St. / 6th St project site, opened January 2020

Lake Merritt Tuff Sheds
opened October 4th 2018 in the former 
Kaiser Auditorium Parking Lot across from Lake Merritt.  
​Transitional shelter project designed to help alleviate and eliminate camping at Lake Merritt.
(below) Notice to unsheltered homeless at Lake Merritt
(below )Layout of Tuff Shed Project at Lake Merritt
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SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
District 2 Council Member Guillen & staff and Homeless Advocates tour ​Northgate TS Project with Oakland Human Services Planner Lara Tannenbaum and Operation Dignity Director Marguerite Bachand
Northgate Tuff Shed Project
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Community Area
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L-R, Site Manager Lester, Marguerite Bachand, Abel Guillen, Kathy Dwyer, Jennie Gerard, Jessica Chen
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Lara Tannenbaum (center) Human Services Planner
6th Street Tuff Sheds  (now closed)
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