The East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy was hit with a sad irony along with a 30 percent rent increase last year after the building in which it rented office space changed hands: The affordability crisis and displacement that had affected so many of the low-wage workers EBASE works with was now affecting the nonprofit itself.
The dramatic increase in rent “was not possible” for EBASE, said Executive Director Kate O’Hara. She and her team moved to a small, temporary headquarters in Chinatown as it searches for a new office, a challenge as commercial rents across the Bay Area continue to stay high.
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