OAKLAND — A community jobs and housing forum scheduled after 36 people perished in the Ghost Ship fire last month will include a discussion of ways to protect tenants of warehouse buildings who are vulnerable to eviction after the deadly blaze.

The forum takes place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday inside the Oakland City Council chambers at 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza. Members of the public are invited to speak.

Forum topics will include the city’s growing homeless population, evictions of business and nonprofits, particularly in downtown, and unemployment. Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan is hosting the forum along with housing advocates, clergy, and members from the Oakland Warehouse Coalition, which formed after the Dec. 2 Ghost Ship fire. Councilmember Noel Gallo is also expected to attend.

The Oakland Warehouse Coalition plans on opening a discussion about protecting tenants from displacement in the wake of the fire. Last week, the group submitted an emergency tenant protection ordinance to City Administrator Sabrina Landreth. They hope City Council will put the ordinance on the agenda for the Jan. 17 City Council meeting.

Immediately after the fire there was much more scrutiny on permitted and unpermitted warehouse spaces in Oakland, with some artists receiving eviction notices and others fearful that a citywide crackdown on the buildings will give landlords a reason to evict tenants without giving them a chance to make life safety improvements.

The ordinance, if passed, would put a moratorium on evictions and red-tagging of buildings for code violations, with the exception of life-threatening violations. The current language of the ordinance also offers protections for low-income residents and Oakland’s marginalized communities. Most sections of the ordinance would last 180 days.

“Our focus is really wide spread,” said Jonah Strauss, a point man for the coalition who lost his home in a warehouse fire in which two men died in 2015. “(The ordinance) covers everybody, from studio apartments in ramshackle buildings that may not be up to code to a mansion that has a light out in it.

“If we get this passed the entire city of Oakland can breathe easy,” Strauss added.

The ordinance was written by Steven DeCaprio, founder of Land Action and the “whereas” portion was written by the warehouse coalition.