I am a 41-year-old woman with an 11-year-old child, and I a… - tenant

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I am a 41-year-old woman with an 11-year-old child, and I am very frightened by the way the Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) has been treating me. I was terrified recently when the OHA Police showed up at my door around 10 p.m. at night, accusing my family of committing fraud to move into this townhouse; and they served me a five-day notice to surrender my home to the OHA, or else.

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A residential tenant, or renter, is a person who pays a landlord (owner) money to rent a home and live in it.

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