The Real Dirt is a monthly 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. UCLA delivered a
Predatory Corporate Landlords Target Black Tenants for Eviction, Says New UCLA Study
In Featured by Patrick Range McDonald / May. 27, 2025A new study has found that predatory corporate landlords are targeting Black tenants for eviction in the Los Angeles area. The eye-popping report, carried out by a UCLA researcher, also found that Equity Residential, Essex
The Real Dirt: The RealPage Scandal, Big Real Estate Hires Fake Activists, Reining In the Oligarchs
In Featured by Patrick Range McDonald / Apr. 29, 2025The 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. Big news came
‘Stop the Red Tape’ Protest: Housing Is A Human Right to Wrap LA City Hall in Red Tape Ribbon
In Featured by Staff / Apr. 17, 2025For the first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in the Grants Pass case, which allowed for the criminalization of the unhoused community, Housing Is A Human Right and the Los Angeles office of
As Nation’s Largest Corporate Landlords Keep Growing, Rent Control is Needed More Than Ever
In Featured by Patrick Range McDonald / Apr. 09, 2025The National Multifamily Housing Council, the powerful landlord lobbying group based in Washington D.C., has released a new ranking of the nation’s largest corporate landlords. What becomes clear is that as Big Real Estate continues
The Real Dirt: The Greed of California Apartment Association, Invitation Homes, and Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman
In Featured by Patrick Range McDonald / Mar. 27, 2025The 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. The California Apartment
Call California Assembly Members Now to Help Fire Ravaged Los Angeles County
In Featured by Staff / Mar. 26, 2025Housing Is A Human Right is asking all California residents to call state assembly members to urge them to vote “yes” on AB 246, a state bill that stops rent gouging in Los Angeles County.
People Are Working Hard, But They’re Still Homeless
In Featured by Patrick Range McDonald / Mar. 26, 2025In the new book There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America, journalist Brian Goldstone examined the mean reality that people are working hard to pay the rent, but still end up
Invitation Homes, A Notorious Corporate Landlord, Rips Off Tenants in Los Angeles
In Featured by Patrick Range McDonald / Mar. 25, 2025Invitation Homes, one of the largest corporate landlords of single-family home rentals in the United States, is ripping off tenants again. This time, the company pulled a bait and switch on a Los Angeles couple
Three Questions: Passing AB 246, the Myth of Homelessness, Supporting Rent Regulations
In Featured by Patrick Range McDonald / Mar. 20, 2025“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