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. …
California Apartment Association Carries Out Dirty Work for Corporate Landlords
In 2022, corporate landlords Essex Property Trust, Equity Residential, and AvalonBay Communities, three of the largest apartment owners in the United States, quietly carried out a shell game with the California Apartment Association to kill …
California Apartment Association Carries Out Statewide Attack on Tenant Protections
For years, the California Apartment Association, the front group for corporate landlords, has carried out a statewide attack on tenant protections — no matter who gets hurt. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization even fought temporary safeguards …
Corporate Landlords and California Apartment Association Are Public Menaces
When it comes to devastating the lives of Californians, corporate landlords and the California Apartment Association are the worst kind of public menaces. That’s not a stretch. No other industry has done as much destruction …
California Apartment Association and Corporate Landlords Spend Millions to Influence Politicians
As we head into 2025, Californians and reporters should take a hard look at Housing Is A Human Right’s 2021 special report about how the California Apartment Association and corporate landlords deliver millions in campaign contributions to …
Exclusive: Top Ten Contributors to No on Prop 33 and Yes on Prop 34 in California
It gets little, if any, media coverage, but a small group of corporate landlords are overwhelmingly funding the No on Prop 33 and Yes on Prop 34 campaigns in California. Additionally, several of those companies …
Scandal-Plagued Contributors Shell Out $102.5 Million to Kill Prop 33 and Silence AHF
Scandal-plagued contributors from the real estate industry have shelled out a shocking $102.5 million to kill Proposition 33 and pass Proposition 34 in California – and that number is only rising. The controversial donors include …
Invitation Homes Contributed $500,000 to Kill Prop 33. Now the Corporate Landlord is in Big Trouble with the FTC.
Invitation Homes, a corporate landlord that’s routinely getting into major trouble, has agreed to an eye-popping $48-million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission for “unlawful behavior against renters.” Through its wholly owned subsidiary, THR Property …
Will Corporate Landlords Spend $100 Million to Kill Prop 33 and Silence AHF?
It’s only September, and corporate landlords have already shelled out tens of millions to kill Proposition 33 and silence AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) through Proposition 34. At this rate, Big Real Estate will likely shell …