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<\/p>\nNews Brief<\/p>\n
Thursday, April 9, 2026 \u2014 10:08 am<\/p>\n
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Teachers struggling to live in Oakland can soon apply to live next door to their colleagues in a North Oakland apartment building that is being converted into housing for educators, The East Bay Times reported.<\/a><\/p>\n The Oakland Fund for Public Innovation<\/a>, a local nonprofit, bought the 33-unit complex earlier this year for about $12 million, far less than the building\u2019s previous market value.<\/p>\n While the low sales price may reflect trouble in the local economy, the nonprofit\u2019s leaders want to turn it into a boon for local public school educators<\/a>, who will be offered first dibs to rent the apartments at affordable rates, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n \u201cI was house-hopping between family homes and friends of family,\u201d said Melanie Turner, a special education teacher at Emerson Elementary School who already lives in the building and had sought the Oakland Fund\u2019s previous financial aid offerings.<\/p>\n On average, Oakland Unified teachers earn among the lowest salaries in Alameda County, according to data compiled by the Oakland Education Association teachers\u2019 union.<\/p>\n More News Briefs <\/p>\n \n Thursday, April 9, 2026, 10:01 am <\/p>\n No scam: San Francisco Unified teachers to get $250 gift cards<\/a><\/p>\n \n Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 5:00 pm <\/p>\n Trump administration targets Los Angeles Unified\u2019s transgender student policy<\/a><\/p>\n \n Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 10:46 am <\/p>\n Covid-era learning reduced student enrollment in college, report finds<\/a><\/p>\n \n Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 10:28 am <\/p>\n