Wednesday, January 22, 2025

A new rental assistance program aims to help small private owners of rental properties

From left to right: Maeve Elise Brown, Executive Director, Housing and Economic Rights Advocates; Jung Hyun Choi, Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute; John Yen Wong, Founding Chairman, Asian Real Estate Association of America

By Isabella Bloom, Ethnic Media Services

Jie Wang owns three rental homes in Oakland. Her entire family depends on the income from the tenants who pay her rent.