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Oakland Community Cabins & Safe RV Parking
Network of sanctioned tuff-shed cabin communities and safe RV parking sites operated by the City of Oakland as an interim step out of unsanctioned encampments. Central to Oakland's Encampment Management Policy.
Key numbers
Reporting
Every article we found about this program, chronological. Included regardless of the outlet's editorial angle. No favorable/unfavorable scoring.
- 2024-05-02·The OaklandsideCommunity Cabins face budget shortfall as city looks to consolidate ↗
Reporting on FY24-25 budget pressure on the cabin program.
- 2023-04-11·KQEDWood Street residents relocated to city cabin site ↗
Cabin sites' role as the primary offer to displaced Wood Street residents.
- 2022-09-19·The OaklandsideOakland audit finds homeless services short on outcomes tracking ↗
Coverage of the City Auditor's findings on program-level outcomes reporting.
- 2020-08-19·The OaklandsideAre Oakland's cabin sites actually working? ↗
Investigation into exit rates and resident experience across the sites.
- 2017-12-06·East Bay ExpressOakland opens first Tuff Shed community ↗
Launch coverage of the first Community Cabins site.
Primary documents
- Oakland Encampment Management Policy (2020) · Oakland City Council · 2020
- Community Cabins Impact Report · Oakland Human Services · 2023
- Oakland City Auditor Homelessness Services Audit (PDF) · Oakland City Auditor · 2022
Sources
- [1]Oakland Homelessness Programs directory · City of Oakland
- [2]Community Cabins Program Impact Report · Oakland Human Services · 2023
- [3]Performance Audit: The City of Oakland's Homelessness Services · Oakland City Auditor · 2022