East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative

In the process of researching this project we’ve learned a lot about the Esther, the woman, in addition what we’ve learned about Esther’s the place. Esther Mabry, came to Oakland from Palestine, Texas--a city between Houston and Dallas--in the 1940’s. She was 22 years old. She

Today, we are launching a campaign to raise the funds necessary to realize this vision for Esther's Orbit Room Cultural Revival Project. We are seeking $1.8 Million from our community of supporters to close our funding gap. We have already lined up $627,510 towards our goal.

We are so pleased to share that we’re currently in contract to purchase Esther’s Orbit Room!!! You may know that we’ve been building toward this project for more than two years. We are now mobilizing to close the gap and finalize the historic purchase of Esther'

We are thrilled to announce Resident Director, Ellen Sebastian Chang is the newest member of the EB PREC Board of Directors. Current resident owners nominated Chang in February 2021. Chang secured consent from 789 residents, before accepting the nomination in March 2021. Chang was elected to the Board in a

A California Cooperative Tackles Inequality by Reimagining the Future of Housing (spoiler alert...it's us) Executive Director Noni Session sits down with Inequality.org This interview with Noni is the third in a series highlighting grassroots organizations working, or seeking to work, outside a reliance on wealthy donors.

We have a new Operations Coordinator, Amy Huang. We are excited to welcome her to the EB PREC family. We asked Amy why she was excited to join EB PREC. Here's what she said: I'm excited to join a team that is not only fighting gentrification,