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Law Inspired By Moms 4 Housing Helps Grandmother Stay in Her Pinole Home

NBC Universal, Inc. A grandmother in the East Bay managed to stop a private equity firm from buying the home she was living in with the help from a new state law inspired by the Moms 4 Housing movement. “It really makes me feel good that I can see the results of a bill that I carried,” said State Senator Nancy Skinner.  Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories. She referred to SB 1079, which says foreclosed homes must be sold one at a time, in order to prevent speculators from buying up foreclosed homes in bulk. 

Opinion: Turning crisis into opportunity: Why Berkeley needs TOPA now

Opinion: Turning crisis into opportunity: Why Berkeley needs TOPA now Allowing tenants to buy their apartments when they come up for sale will help keep the diversity Berkeley prides itself on. There’s an end in sight to this pandemic, but vaccinations and falling case rates won’t magically fix the exacerbated housing crisis that COVID-19 leaves in its wake – a crisis that was already displacing thousands in BIPOC communities from their East Bay homes. Bold action is overdue to ensure that marginalized renters across Berkeley have a more thriving future. With a new policy called the “Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act” (TOPA), we have an opportunity to go beyond pandemic relief and take concrete steps to preserve homes in our community.

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