Rent Adjustment Program

The Rent Adjustment Program’s Annual Report for fiscal years 2020–21 and 2021–22 is now available.

A video presentation summarizing activity from 2018–19 and 2019–20 is also featured below, along with access to the full PDF reports from those years.

Additional context and data from prior reporting periods remain available.

The Oakland City Council adopted the Rent Adjustment Program Ordinance (OMC Chapter 8.22) in 1980. This ordinance sets the maximum annual rent increase based on the annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase and handles rent adjustments for claims of decreases in housing services and handles other rent-related matters. The purpose of this program is to foster fair housing for a diverse population of renters and enforce the Rent Adjustment Ordinance set out by the City of Oakland.

The resources below can help guide you to the most appropriate point of contact. 

RAP Contact Information Flowchart

Lista de Contactos de RAP

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Phone: (510) 238-3721, Monday through Thursday, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm

Select Option 1 to speak to a Housing Counselor for any RAP or tenant/property owner related questions you might have. Topics can be, but are not limited to, tenant and property owner issues and concerns, Oakland rental housing laws, or how to file petitions or responses with RAP. Calls are generally limited to 10 minutes per person. 

PLEASE NOTE THAT RAP Housing Counselors cannot give legal advice. or provide legal document review. Housing Counselors CAN review any RAP rent adjustment petition for completeness before submission of the petition. 

Select Option 2 to speak to a Rent Registration Unit staff member for any registration-related questions that you may have. Note: The Rent Registration Unit does not provide any housing counseling. 

Per City policy, please allow us three (3) business days to respond to your inquiry.

If you would prefer an email response, you can email us. RAP strives to return all emails within a forty-eight-hour timeframe.

Contact a RAP Housing Counselor: rap@oaklandca.gov. Please include in your email: your full name, your telephone number, and your address.
 

Hearings Unit: If you have issues or questions relating to your pending case, you must contact your Case Analyst directly. If you do not know who your Case Analyst is, you can email hearingsunit@oaklandca.gov to find that information, or you can look up your case information here.

Petition and Response Review/Filing: You have the option to schedule an appointment for review of your petition or response before filing. To schedule an appointment for review, email rap@oaklandca.gov. If you do not want your petition or response reviewed and are ready to file, please submit your petition or response to hearingsunit@oaklandca.gov .

Eviction Notices: Visit our database to file eviction notices online. Eviction notices may also be scanned and submitted via email to evictionnotices@oaklandnet.com
 

Address: 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 5313, Oakland, CA 94612

All documents for Ellis Act cases must be mailed to 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Suite 5313, Oakland, CA 94612. 
 

Online Petition Filing

We also offer an online portal where you can fill out and submit your petitions and all petition-related forms online.

Request a Form

General forms for Property Owners and general forms for Tenants can be found on our website. If you cannot find the RAP form that you are looking for, you can email the Rent Adjustment Program at RAP@oaklandca.gov to obtain it.

Request a Document/Public Records Request (PRR)

To request documents related to a case, you can make a Public Records Request (PRR). Please note that all PRRs are public information. You can look up certain information related to cases through the RAP database.

Join the Email List

If you would like to receive emails about upcoming events or updates from the Rent Adjustment Program, please sign up! Please use the link below to add your name and email to our list for future updates.

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