Formerly homeless residents from three big encampments are already moving into a newly converted transitional housing project in West Oakland after the city helped its nonprofit partners buy the building earlier this month.

The $36.6 million purchase by Memar Properties Inc. (MPI) and the Housing Consortium of the East Bay (HCEB) was made using funds from state and local sources, city officials announced Tuesday.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.