Corporate YIMBYs have repeatedly tried to frame themselves as housing justice activists, but that’s far from the truth. In fact, a new book titled Selling Off California: The Untold Story reveals that Corporate YIMBYs have


Joe Buscaino’s LA Ballot Measure on Homelessness Merely Rearranges the Deck Chairs on the Titanic
In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Mar. 18, 2022Unable to come up with real solutions for Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis, City Council Member Joe Buscaino is pushing forward a ballot measure that doesn’t address homelessness and merely rearranges the deck chairs on the

Why Is Oxford Taking Millions from Corporate Landlord Stephen Schwarzman?
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Mar. 16, 2022The University of Oxford has raked in more millions from Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman – one of the wealthiest individuals in the United States who’s known to whitewash his predatory business practices through charitable

Housing Is A Human Right Releases ‘Selling Off California: The Untold Story’
In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Feb. 15, 2022Housing Is A Human Right has released a must-read book for understanding the powerful alliances and devastating policies that fuel the housing affordability and homelessness crises in California. Titled Selling Off California: The Untold Story,

The Righteous Battle for Rent Control in St. Paul and Minneapolis
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Dec. 30, 2021A few weeks ago, in November, activists in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, had done something momentous: in each of their cities, against the deep-pocketed landlord lobby, they managed to convince voters to pass pro-rent

Housing Is A Human Right’s Advocacy Highlights of 2021
In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Dec. 27, 2021In 2021, Housing Is A Human Right not only fought to stop bad policies, but it also pushed for community-based solutions. It’s not easy work. We’re battling a powerful triumvirate made up of the real

Special Investigation: California Apartment Association’s Deep-Pocketed Campaign To Kill Tenant Protections
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Nov. 13, 2021Housing Is A Human Right routinely publishes special reports about the real estate industry and the politicians and YIMBYs who carry out Big Real Estate’s agenda. One of our reports — “The Garcetti-fication of Los

Charging Wildly Inflated Rents, Corporate Landlords Are Living Extravagant Lifestyles
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Sep. 28, 2021Professional sports teams, massive luxury-car collections, 216-foot yachts, multi-million-dollar mansions. Corporate landlords, including billionaires Stephen Schwarzman (pictured above) and Sam Zell, are living extravagant lifestyles subsidized by tenants who spend huge chunks of their paychecks

Housing Is A Human Right Urges Gov. Gavin Newsom to Veto SB 9 and SB 10
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Sep. 16, 2021Housing Is A Human Right urges Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto SB 9 and SB 10. The state bills push harmful trickle-down policies that fuel higher rents and gentrification, and have no requirements for affordable

Housing Is A Human Right Calls on Millennium Partners to Scrap Troubled Hollywood Project
In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Jul. 16, 2021Housing Is A Human Right and its parent organization, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, have called for Millennium Partners, a controversial luxury-housing developer, to completely abandon plans to build the Hollywood Millennium development. The call comes on
