Shoppers on International Boulevard in East Oakland’s Fruitvale District. Credit: Amir Aziz A year and a half ago, Terran Johnson’s life seemed to be turning around for the better. Johnson, who experienced homelessness as a teenager, was working for a nonprofit organization, and had stable housing.
The Oakland native was also accepted into the city’s Oakland Resilient Families pilot , an ambitious program that intended to give $500 monthly payments to 300 East Oakland participants for 18 months, no strings attached.
“It’s a whole lot easier now to just work and feel like things are moving forward,” Johnson told The Oaklandside […]
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