Gentrification Takes Toll on Oakland Seniors

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Denise talks of 'bullets flying' around the transitional housing where she currently lives. Photo by Laura McCamy/Oakland Local/New America Media

By Laura McCamy, Oakland Local/New America Media 

At a recent meeting of the Hope and Justice Committee of St. Mary’s Center, in Oakland, the members allowed a reporter to sit in as they discussed their experiences with gentrification.

For Oakland’s many low-income seniors, the escalating cost of living from the influx of technology workers and others able to pay higher rents makes the hope of aging in place more of a dream than a reality.

Read the complete story at Oakland Local/New America Media.
 

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