Oakland Housing Authority

Its mission statement states that it will "assure the availability of quality housing for low-income persons and promote the civic involvement and economic self-sufficiency of residents and further the expansion of affordable housing within Oakland."

[2] The first housing project of the Oakland Housing Authority was Campbell Village at Eighth and Campbell in West Oakland.

It was funded by the Housing Act of 1937, which required condemnation and demolition of the exact same number of housing units that would be constructed.

[3][4][5] In 1991, a jury convicted 4 Oakland Housing Authority police officers of conspiring to make false arrests, beat and intimidate residents of Oakland Housing Authority.

[6][7] In 1993, the conviction of the officers was affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.