Oakland lifts pandemic-era rent increase freeze on Rent Adjustment Program units

Oakland’s pandemic-era moratorium on rent increases on Rent Adjustment Program housing units will end this week, according to a press release from the city. 

The emergency moratorium was adopted in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rent increases based on a banked CPI or petitions to the Rent Adjustment Program for things like capital improvements, uninsured repairs or increased housing services were banned under the moratorium.