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Smith v. City of Oakland
On August 28, 2019, DRA and PILP filed a class action lawsuit alleging that people with disabilities are discriminatorily excluded from Oakland’s rent stabilization program. People with mobility disabilities who need accessible housing are uniquely barred from the protections that Rent Control provides, because the program exempts everything constructed after January 1, 1983 from its coverage, and nearly every accessible rental unit in Oakland was built after that date. Read More Here.
The Public Interest Law Project (PILP) provides crucial litigation and advocacy support to local legal services and public interest law programs throughout California. Our work brings affordable housing to lower income families and homeless people, provides access to services and … Read more
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