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East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative help renters buy building

Tia, right, and Chris Taruc-Myers, prepare breakfast at home in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. The married couple along with other residents in the rent controlled building they live in worked with the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative to purchase the property, after their landlord decided to sell. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative help renters buy building

Chris and Tia Taruc-Myers, from left, have breakfast at home in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. The married couple along with other residents in the rent controlled building they live in worked with the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative to purchase the property, after their landlord decided to sell. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative help renters buy building

Chris and Tia Taruc-Myers, from left, prepare breakfast at home in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. The married couple along with other residents in the rent controlled building they live in worked with the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative to purchase the property, after their landlord decided to sell. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

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EAST PALO ALTO, CA - AUGUST 23: A portrait of Leonora Martinez, left, her son, Austin, 16, and her daughter, Carmella, 14, at their East Palo Alto home on Aug. 23, 2019. Austin was severely injured in 2017 and his mother has been taking care of him at home. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

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EAST PALO ALTO, CA - AUGUST 23: A non-profit organization Rebuilding Together assisted with modifications including building this deck with slope to Leonora Martinez's home so that her son, Austin, could enjoy the backyard. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)