Kaiser Announces 3 Initiatives To Fight Homelessness During Event With Mayor Schaaf

Kaiser Permanente leaders on Tuesday announced three major initiatives aimed at improving health outcomes by creating stable housing for homeless people in Oakland and across the country.

Bernard Tyson, the chairman and chief executive of Kaiser, which is based in Oakland, said, “Housing security is a crucial health issue for vulnerable populations.”

Joined by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and others at a news conference at City Hall, Tyson said, “Access to affordable housing is a key component to Kaiser Permanente’s mission to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve and to advance the economic, social and environmental conditions for health.”

One initiative is that Kaiser will spend $5.2 million to buy a 41-unit apartment building in the San Antonio neighborhood in East Oakland.