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out the Alameda
County Online Resource Directory
Over 1250 records of health and human service programs
throughout Alameda County. Includes programs targeted to
youth, the elderly, people living with HIV or AIDS, the
homeless, the disabled, domestic violence victims, and people
in need of education, employment or legal aid assistance.
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Government Agencies
Local/Regional
Government
Community
and Economic Development Agency
City
of Oakland Business License
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Ground Floor
510.238.3704
Metropolitan
Transportation Commission (MTC)
510.464.7700
Oakland
Housing Authority - Section 8 Housing
1619 Harrison
Street, Oakland, CA 94612
510.874.1500
Section 8 Tenant Placement Hotline: 510) 337-3287
Services: Section 8 and Public Housing
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County
Government
Housing
Authority of Alameda County
510.538.8876
Alameda
County Assessor's Office - property ownership and
tax info
Alameda
County Housing & Community Development
Alameda
County Social Services Mental
Health Association of Alameda County
510.835.5010
Contra
Costa County Community Development
925.335.1253
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State
Government
California
Department of Housing & Community Development
California
Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA)
California
Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC)
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Federal
Government
Federal
Trade Commission
U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
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Housing Developers
See
the list of affordable
housing developers in the Affordable Housing Projects
section.
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Housing and Homelessness
Service Providers
For
a directory of emergency
shelter services, see our shelter page under homelessness
and hunger.
A
Safe Place - domestic violence shelter
510.986.8600
510.536.7233 (536.SAFE) - 24-Hour Hotline
AARP
American Association of Retired Persons
ACORN
Housing Corp
510.436.6532
AIDS
Project of the East Bay - eviction prevention, services
for persons living with HIV/AIDS
1755 Broadway, 5th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
510.663.7979
Alameda
County Community Food Bank - food distribution
510.834.3663
Alameda
County Housing Authority
22941 Atherton St., Hayward, CA 94541-6633
510.538.8876
(main number)
510.886.1964 (fax)
510.727.8551 (TDD)
The Housing Authority of Alameda
County serves the following jurisdictions:
Albany, Castro Valley, Dublin, Emeryville, Fremont,
Hayward, Newark, Pleasanton, San Leandro, San Lorenzo,
Union City.
Alameda
County Housing and Community Development Program
Administers
Alameda County HOPWA HIV/AIDS programs
224 West Winton Ave., Room 108
Hayward,
CA 94544
510.670.6378
Allied
Fellowship - Homeless Shelter
510.534.1986
Amara
House - HOPWA (HIV/AIDS) Housing
1631 Cypress
Richmond, CA
The
Ark of Refuge - Walker House - HOPWA (HIV/AIDS)
Housing and Services
9702 International Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94603
510.635.8422
Aspen
Court - HOPWA (HIV/AIDS) Housing
121 Aspen Drive
Pacheco, CA
Building
Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)
510.843.3700
510.649.0627 fax
BOSS
Community Organizing Team (BOSS-COT)
The newest component of Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency.
Works with homeless families to collectively address their
needs and concerns. Goal is to facilitate community building
and empowerment through collective action.
510.540.7791
BOSS
HOPWA (HIV/AIDS) Housing and Services Locations:
- Hale
Laulima
396 Fairmont Avenue
Oakland, CA
- Rosa
Parks
521 West Grand Avenue
Oakland, CA
California
Reinvestment Coalition
Casa
Vincentia - Homeless Shelter
510.729.0316
Centro
Legal de la Raza
510.437.1554
City
Team - Homeless Shelter
722 Washington St
Oakland, CA 94607
510.452.3758
Consumer
Credit Counseling Services of the East Bay
510.729.6966
Center
for Independent Living (CIL)
510.763.9999
(CIL)
East Oakland / Berkeley Satellite Office
510.635.4920
Catholic
Charities of the East Bay Community
Crisis Response Team
Concord
House
20373 Concord Avenue
Hayward, CA
Contra
Costa County Community Development
Administers
Contra Costa County HOPWA HIV/AIDS programs
651 Pine Street, 4th Floor, North Wing
Martinez, CA 94553
925.335.1253
Covenant
House
Shelter and services for youth age 18-24
2781 Telegraph Ave.
Oakland, CA 94612
510.625.7800 East
Bay Community Law Center
2921 Adeline Street
Berkeley, CA 94703
510.548.4040
510.548.2566 (fax)
East Bay
Housing Organizations (EBHO)
538 - 9th Street, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94607
510.663.3830
East
Oakland Community Project - HOPWA (HIV/AIDS) Services,
Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing
5725 International Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94621
510.532.3211
ECHO
Housing
1305 Franklin Street #305
Oakland, CA 94703
510.836.4826
- Rental
Assistance 510.836.4826
- Home
Equity Conversion - 510.271.7931
Eden I & R, Inc.
570 B Street
Hayward, CA 94541
-
General Administration 510.537.2710
- Housing
Information/Referrals 510.727.9565
Emergency
Services Network
P.O. Box 12004
Oakland, CA 94621
510.747.1090
Eviction
Defense Center
1611 Telegraph Ave.
510.452.4541
Families
In Transition - Transitional Housing
Provided through East Oakland Community
Project
Family
Services of the East Bay
510.247.6032
Services: Housing referral
Family
Violence Law Center
P.O. Box 22009
Oakland, CA 94623
510.540.5370
Harrison
Hotel - HOPWA (HIV/AIDS) Housing and Services
1415 Harrison Street
Oakland, CA
Health
Care for the Homeless / Homeless Families Program -
Homeless Client Intake and Services
1900 Fruitvale Ave., Suite 3E
Oakland, CA 94601
510.533.4663
510.532.0962
Henry
Robinson Multi-Service Center - Supportive Housing,
Drop-In Center
With services provided by Phoenix Programs,
Inc.
559 16th St.
Oakland, CA 94612
510.419.1010
Homeless
Action Center
2272 San Pablo Ave
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 836-3260
Homeless
Families Support Network
Housing Sited at Henry Robinson Multi-Service
Center
With services provided by Phoenix Programs,
Inc.
Homeless
Mobile Outreach Program - Emergency food, survival
items
With
services provided by Operation Dignity
Homeless
Youth Collaborative
Housing
and Economic Rights Advocates (HERA)
PO Box
29435
Oakland, CA 94604
510.271.8443
510.868.4521 fax
Housing
Rights, Inc.
510.548.8776
Idaho
Apartments - HOPWA (HIV/AIDS) Housing
10203 San Pablo Avenue
El Cerrito, CA
Jubilee
Restoration/Missionary Recovery Center - Substance Abuse
Treatment
510.849.9072
The
Landings - HOPWA (HIV/AIDS) Housing
811 East Street
Pittsburg, CA
Lao
Family Multilingual Homeownership Center (MHC)
1551 23rd Avenue
Oakland, CA
510.533.8850
FAX: 510.533.1516
Legal
Aid Society of Alameda
see listing above for Bay Area Legal Aid
Legal
Assistance for Seniors
510.832.3040
Miramar
Housing - HOPWA (HIV/AIDS) Housing
101-111 Corpus Chisti & 100-110 Pensacola
Alameda, CA
Matilda
Cleveland Transitional Housing Program
Provided through East Oakland Community
Project
Neighborhood
Assistance Corporation of America (NACA)
3801 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94611
510.652.6622
Fax 510.652.6636
NID
Housing Counseling Agency
1301 85th Avenue
Oakland, CA 94621
510.569.6573
North
County Women's Transitional Housing - HOPWA (HIV/AIDS)
Housing
2140 Dwight Way
Berkeley, CA
Oakland
Tenant's Union
510.704.5276
Oaks
Hotel - HOPWA (HIV/AIDS) Housing
l587-15th Street
Oakland, CA
Oakland
Community Housing Inc.
(no longer in business)
Oakland
Community Organization
510.639.1444
Operation
Dignity
1504 Franklin, Suite 102
Oakland, CA 94612
510.287.8465
Operation
HOPE
3060 East 9th Street, Suite #C
Oakland, CA 94601
510.535.6700
Peter
Babcock House - HOPWA (HIV/AIDS) Housing
2350 Woosley Street
Oakland, CA
Phase
III - Substance abuse rehabilitation and shelter
1014 21st St.
Oakland, CA 94601
510.763.5713
510.836.5411 Men's Facility
510.835.4876 Women's Facility
Phoenix
Programs, Inc. - Supportive Housing, Drop-In Center,
Winter Shelter
1875 Willow Pass Road, #300
Concord, CA 94520
925.825.4700
Project
Outreach
P.O. Box 43387
Oakland, CA 94624
510.382.1360
Providence
House
540 23rd St.
Oakland, CA 94612
Rental Housing Association of Northern Alameda County
510.893.9873
Resources
for Community Development (RCD)
HOPWA (HIV/AIDS) Housing and Services provided at:
Bay Bridge Apartments
1134-36th Street
Oakland, CA
Salvation
Army
510.437.9437
510.437.9876
Sentinel
Fair Housing
(no longer in business)
Shelter,
Inc. - HOPWA (HIV/AIDS) Housing
935 East Street
Pittsburg, CA
Spirit
of Hope 1 & 2 - HOPWA (HIV/AIDS) Housing
Alameda, CA
St.
Mary's Center - Services for homeless seniors aged
55 and over
510.893.4723
510.893.0119 fax
St.
Vincent de Paul
510.451-7676 (free dining room for homeless/low-income men, women and children)
510.444-3790 (Visitation Center, drop-in center for homeless women and
children)
510.444-0263 (Champion
Guidance Center, for homeless men)
Travelers
Aid Society - Client Intake and Services
520-16th Street
Oakland CA 94612
510. 588.5900
510.444.6834
510.268.1599 fax
The Unity Council/Homeownership Center
3411 East 12th St, Suite 200
Oakland, CA 94601
510.535.6943
510.532.5983 fax
West Oakland Homeownership Assistance Center
1364 7th Street
Oakland, CA 94607
510.835.0260
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Social Services Providers
24
Hour Oakland Parent Teacher Children Center
510.534.6030
Alameda
County Bar Association - Lawyer Referral Service
510.893.7160
Bay
Area Construction Sector Intervention Collaborative
510.891.8773
Bay
Area Legal Aid
Bay Area Legal Aid
405 14th St., 11th floor
Oakland, CA 94612
510.663.4744 x5206
510.663.4740 (fax)
Jobs
Consortium - Job preparation services for men at
Champion Guidance Center
1915 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612
510.251.6241
510.287.8486
Oakland
Independence Support Center - food distribution
Oakland
Private Industry Council
1212 Broadway, Suite 100-300
Oakland, CA 94612
510.768.4400
Pittsburg
Preschool Coordinating Council
1760 Chester Dr
Pittsburg, CA
Salvation
Army
510.437.9437
West
Oakland Mental Health Center
1.800.491.9099
Youth
Employment Partnership, Inc.
2300 International Blvd., Oakland
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Real Estate and Rental Services
See
the list of commercial
real estate and rental services and the list
of low income (assisted) housing projects in the affordable
housing projects section of this website.
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Banks and Lenders
Bank
of America
Oakland Residential Mortgage
180
Grand Ave, Suite 1000
Oakland, CA 94612
510.587.8200
Bank
of the Orient
Bank
of the West
Bay
Area Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
369 Pine St., Suite 350
San Francisco, California 94104
415.397.7322
California
Bank &Trust
400 - 20th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
510.419.1806
Contact: Julius Chiang
California
Savings & Loan
510.339.8933
Chase
Manhattan Mortgage Corp.
101 California St. 38th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
415.954.2331
Contact: Jean Dunn
CitiBank West, FSB
1325 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612
510.834.3392
800.756.7047 (7x24 hours CitiPhone)
CitiMortgage
800.248.4638
City
National Bank
2101 Webster St.
Oakland, CA 94612
510.287.3140
Community
Bank of the Bay
Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc.
1300 Clay St., Suite 66
Oakland, CA 94612
510.663.7840
Contact: Any loan agent at this location
East-West
Bank
369 9th St.
Oakland, CA 94607
510.465.3333
Far
East National Bank
888.870.8458
Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco
101 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
415.974.2717
415.393.1920 fax
First
Federal Savings & Loan Association
510.652.9500
Gateway
Bank
510.268.8108
Low
Income Investment Fund
100 Pine St., Suite 1800
San Francisco, California 94111
415.772.9094
415.772.9095
fax
Mechanics
Bank
Metropolitan
Bank
510.834.7534
NARA
Bank National Association
1940 Webster Street
Oakland, CA 94612
510.302.0505
National
Cooperative Bank
1401 I Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20005
202.336.7683
Northern
California Community Loan Fund
870 Market Street, Suite 677
San Francisco, CA 94102
415.392-8215
info@ncclf.org
Scott
Valley Bank
1111 Broadway, Suite 1510
Oakland, CA 94612
510.625.7850
Summit
Bank
510.839.8800
Union
Bank of California
United
Commercial Bank
United
Labor Bank
Washington
Mutual
Home Loan Center
5050 Broadway, 3rd Floor
Oakland, CA 94611
510.420.2360
510.653.1173 fax
Contact: Any loan agent at this location
Wells
Fargo Bank, NA
1221 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612
510.891.2011
Wells
Fargo Home Mortgage - City Center
500 12th St. #150
Oakland, CA 94607
510.267.1300
Contact: Any loan agent at this location
World Savings Bank FSB
3348 Lakeshore Avenue
Oakland, CA 94610
510.464.8866
Contact: Any loan agent at this location
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Advocacy and Technical Assistance
Organizations
National
ACORN
(Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now)
510.436.5690
Best
HousingPractices.com - homeownership, how to make
programs work in the inner-city.
Center
for Community Change
Consumer
Credit Counseling Services
Corporation
for Supportive Housing
FannieMae Freddie
Mac
National
Consumer Law Center
National
Low-Income Housing Coalition
Neighborhood
Assistance Corporation of America
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National
Homeless Coalition
Local
Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
National
Community Development Association (NCDA)
National
Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies (NALHFA)
National
Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO)
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State
Transportation
and Land Use Coalition (TALC)- Fair Share Housing
Campaigns
California
Housing Law Project
California
Housing Partnership Corporation
California
Redevelopment Association
Corporation
for Supportive Housing - California
Housing
California
League
of California Cities
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Local/Regional
East
Bay Housing Organizations - see listing
above
Bay
Area Council
Don't Borrow Trouble Coalition (Oakland) - see
listing above
Greenbelt
Alliance
Local
Initiatives Support Corporation (Bay Area Office)
Non-Profit
Housing Association of Northern California (NPH)
Urban
Ecology
Urban
Habitat
Urban
Strategies Council
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Data Sources
Association
of Bay Area Governments ABAG - Data Center
California
Housing Partnership Corporation
Census
Homepage
U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
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Publications/Periodicals/Policy
Studies
Greenlining
Institute
Millenium
Housing Commission
Brookings
Institution Metropolitan Policy Program
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
202.797.0600
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Other Links
National
Low Income Housing Coalition - list of housing links
UC
Berkeley - list of housing resources
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