Once again trying to kill any kind of tenant protection in California, the California Apartment Association is about to weaken a rent stabilization ordinance in the city of Concord in Northern California. As a result, …
Corporate Landlord Stephen Schwarzman Grabbed More Than $1 Billion in 2024
Shockingly, corporate landlord Stephen Schwarzman made more than $1 billion in pay and dividends in 2024, according to Bloomberg. Schwarzman’s company, Blackstone Group, was also a major contributor, in 2024, to Big Real Estate’s successful …
Three Questions: Economics 101, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and Gentrification
“Three Questions” is a regular series in which award-winning advocacy journalist Patrick Range McDonald and other members of Housing Is A Human Right answer your questions, or questions we’ve heard in the past, about housing …
The Real Dirt: Rent Gougers, Shady Campaign Cash, and Corporate YIMBYs
The Real Dirt is a regular column by award-winning advocacy journalist Patrick Range McDonald that exposes the real estate industry’s lies, scams, and other unscrupulous acts, which impact the lives of millions. It’s the inaugural …
‘3 Ps’ is a Winning Solution for the Housing Affordability Crisis
For years, Housing Is A Human Right and our parent organization, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, have been advocating for the “3 Ps” to address the housing affordability crisis in the United States. While corporate landlords and …
Nation’s Largest Corporate Landlords Use California Apartment Association to Make Outsized Profits
The California Apartment Association often frames itself as a defender of mom-and-pop landlords, but that’s anything but the truth. Research shows time and again that many of the nation’s largest corporate landlords use the CAA …
Rent-Stabilization Laws Are Essential for Protecting Tenants, Say Experts
Last fall, Brian Callaci and Sandeep Vaheesan, of the Open Markets Institute, wrote a must-read white paper on ways to solve the housing affordability crisis. Published in the Harvard Business Review, it made clear that …
Senators Call for Investigation Into Rent Gouging of Military Families Through RealPage Software
U.S. senators Elizabeth Warren and Ruben Gallego have recently sent a letter to the Department of Defense calling for an investigation into whether landlords are using RealPage software to rent gouge military families. Over the …
Big Real Estate Raised $171.6 Million to Kill Prop 33 and Pass Prop 34
For the 2024 election, Big Real Estate raised a whopping total of $171.6 million to kill Proposition 33 and pass Proposition 34 in California. Several of the top contributors are the country’s largest corporate landlords. …
California’s Ellis Act Has Devastated the Lives of Tenants for Decades
For decades, the Ellis Act, a statewide law in California, has devastated the lives of tenants, including seniors and children, by forcing them out of their homes through evictions to make way for luxury housing. …