In its widely read annual report, the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies made one thing perfectly clear: the government – federal, state, and local – must build more affordable housing. Things are so bad …
Will the Mega-Merger of Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Hurt Tenants?
Corporate landlords Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities have officially merged to form the largest apartment real estate investment trust in the United States. This is no small thing: Equity and AvalonBay own thousands of apartments …
Homelessness Among Seniors Spikes in Los Angeles County, But It’s Not Hopeless
Near the very end of the report for the most recent Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, there’s a statistic that hasn’t gotten much media attention, but is extremely alarming: homelessness among adults aged 55 or …
There’s Only One Must-Read Right Now – and it’s a Housing Report by the United Nations. Really.
One of the most fascinating reads right now is not Theo of Golden or London Falling or The Calamity Club. It’s a 322-page report by United Nations-Habitat called The Global Housing Crisis: Pathways to Action, …
Is California State Senate Candidate Brian Goldsmith Connected to Anti-Rent Control Corporate Landlord Blackstone?
California State Senate candidate Brian Goldsmith has some explaining to do… His nonprofit has direct financial ties to corporate landlord Blackstone Group, which spent millions of dollars to kill pro-rent control measures in California, and …
Will Los Angeles Politicians Fix City Hall’s Bizarro Bureaucracy and Save Lives? (We Have Some Suggestions)
Developers of affordable housing in California already have a rough time of it: funding is hard to secure; construction costs spiral; cities put up a fight for one reason or another. But Los Angeles’s bizarro …
San Pablo Tenants and Activists Will Run Underdog Campaign to Rein In Unfair Rents
In San Pablo, California, tenants and activists have placed a rent stabilization measure on the local ballot, aiming to rein in predatory landlords. Located in Northern California, San Pablo joins Salinas and Redwood City that …
Why is the California Apartment Association Hiding Its Board of Directors From the Public?
Sometime in the past several months, maybe even a year ago, the California Apartment Association, the deep-pocketed lobbying group for corporate landlords, decided to hide the names of its board of directors from the public. …
To Address Homelessness, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham Must Also Tackle Skyrocketing Rents
In his first pledge as the United Kingdom’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham has promised to end long-term “rough sleeping” through increased investment in a number of homeless programs. While his commitment is welcomed, any …
Corporate Landlord Greystar at the Center of Yet Another Disturbing Scandal
Only a few months ago, Housing Is A Human Right detailed Greystar’s shocking track record in its mistreatment of tenants, and now the corporate landlord has created yet another disturbing scandal. The New York Times …