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Housing Is A Human Right Urges Gov. Gavin Newsom to Veto SB 9 and SB 10

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Sep. 16, 2021
Housing 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

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Housing Is A Human Right Calls on Millennium Partners to Scrap Troubled Hollywood Project

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Jul. 16, 2021
Housing 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

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VIDEO: Housing Is A Human Right Holds Community Hearing on Homelessness, Housing, and Hunger

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Jul. 16, 2021
On June 25, Housing Is A Human Right held the Community Hearing on Homelessness, Housing, and Hunger at the Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. The event gave activists, unhoused individuals, and community leaders a

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What Is a YIMBY? (Hint: It’s Not Good)

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jul. 14, 2021
Maybe you’ve read an article about YIMBYs or heard a friend mention the term. Or maybe you saw something on Twitter, but still don’t understand what YIMBYs are. No problem. Here’s the lowdown. To start

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Petition Shows Strong Support for Fixing Flawed Update of Hollywood Community Plan

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jun. 02, 2021
A petition created by Housing Is A Human Right shows strong support for fixing the flawed update of the Hollywood Community Plan. More than 1,660 people have signed the petition, demanding that Mayor Eric Garcetti

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Trickle-Down Housing is a Failure. Here’s What You Need to Know.

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / May. 25, 2021
Trickle-down housing policy, pushed by the real estate industry and politicians, has been a colossal failure. It hasn’t built the affordable housing that’s needed for California’s housing affordability crisis, and it fuels gentrification in working-class

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Housing Is A Human Right Opposes California’s SB 9 and SB 10

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / May. 11, 2021
Housing Is A Human Right strongly opposes California State Senate bills 9 (SB 9) and 10 (SB 10). These wrong-headed policies will be a boon for developers, but ignore the long-term, negative impacts on working-class

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Californians Can’t Afford the Rent. It’s Still Too Damn High!

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / May. 04, 2021
After years of sky-rocketing rents in California, one thing has disturbingly remained the same: the rent is still too damn high. Recent data shows that the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Oakland metro

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The Flawed Hollywood Community Plan is a Giveaway to Developers. It Must Be Stopped.

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Apr. 22, 2021
Through the update of the Hollywood Community Plan, Los Angeles politicians have the opportunity to require the construction of more affordable housing and to protect residents against gentrification. Instead, city officials are pushing a flawed

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Homeownership Is a Crucial Tool for Communities of Color to Build Wealth. Politicians Should Never Take It Away.

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Apr. 11, 2021
In California and throughout the United States, politicians, the real estate industry, and YIMBY groups are attacking single-family home zoning. Yet these groups rarely, if ever, mention a key fact: homeownership is a crucial tool