Longfellow Corner

New construction of 77 rental homes in Oakland near MacArthur BART Station

A link to: 650 West MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94607

Rental Pre-Applications will be available through this webpage and A link to: Doorway Housing Portal on Monday, April 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM through Monday, April 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM (PST).

Longfellow Corner (650 West MacArthur Blvd.) will be located in the Longfellow neighborhood of Oakland on the prominent corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Way and MacArthur Boulevard. The proposed development will provide 77 affordable apartments for low-income households in a new, mixed-use, transit-oriented development. Thirty-four of these apartments will be dedicated to serving formerly homeless individuals and families.

Located just three blocks away from the MacArthur BART station, this new 6-story building will create housing above approximately 2,500 square feet of community-serving commercial space on the ground floor.

Apartment Mix: 77 apartments consisting of 33 one-bedrooms, 19 2-bedrooms, and 25 3-bedrooms

Amenities: The property will include a large multi-purpose community room, on-site resident services and property management, laundry room, and a 2nd floor podium courtyard with landscaping, seating and a play structure.

Resources for Community Development (RCD) and the John Stewart Company follow all reasonable accommodation laws and regulations as provided for in the Federal Fair Housing Act and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act.

John Stewart Company BRE 00654505

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Application Information

Please refer to income limits and rents (both subject to change) listed below for the available apartments.
Minimum and maximum occupancy per unit type is also shown below.

These income limits and rents are effective April 2025 and are adjusted annually by the CA Tax Credit Allocation Committee and/or the California Department of Housing and Community Development, as applicable. Therefore, rents will change prior to occupancy from the below.

AMI = Area Median Income.

Longfellow Corner (for the 76 apartments available for leasing)	Number of Apartments	Rents	Maximum Income Limits Based on Number of People in your Household (subject to change)

			1 person	2 people	3 people	4 people	5 people	6 people	7 people
One Bedroom (20% AMI) (referred by County)	24	$482	$22,380	$25,580	$28,780
One Bedroom (50% AMI)	9	$1,381	$55,950	$63,950	$71,950
Two Bedroom (20% AMI) PBV Section 8 (referred by County)	2	30% of income		$25,580	$28,780	$31, 960
Two Bedroom (30% AMI) PBV Section 8 (referred by County)	4	30% of income		$38,370	$43,170	$47,940	$51,780
Two Bedroom (50% AMI)	12	$1,633		$63,950	$71,950	$79,900	$86,300
Three Bedroom (20% AMI) PBV Section 8 (referred by County)	4	30% of income				$31,960	$34,520	$37,080
Three Bedroom (30% AMI) PBV Section 8	6	30% of income				$47,940	$51,780	$55,620
Three Bedroom (50% AMI)	15	$1,867				$79,900	$86,300	$92,700	$99,100

Applicants desiring an affordable unit are subject to the Resident Selection Criteria and third party income and asset verification to determine the household’s combined annual income in accordance with in accordance with governmental financing regulations and other regulatory agreements.

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