A little more than a week ago, the Biden administration made a major announcement: the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide 100 percent reimbursement to counties for shelter-in-place hotel costs for the unhoused. California


Housing Is A Human Right and AHF Say ‘No’ to Hollywood Community Plan
In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Feb. 17, 2021This week, Los Angeles City Hall is considering an update of the Hollywood Community Plan. L.A. officials must come up with policies that address gentrification and the housing affordability and homelessness crises — not fuel

U.S. Renters Paid a Staggering $4.5 Trillion to Landlords, According to Zillow
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Feb. 12, 2021A little more than a year ago, Zillow, the real estate site, came out with an eye-popping statistic: between 2010 and 2019, renters in the United States paid landlords a staggering $4.5 trillion. That’s not

Housing Is A Human Right Creates Website to ‘Drive the Rent Down’
In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Feb. 11, 2021Housing Is A Human Right has created a special website for current tenants and new renters to lower the rent or win other money-saving concessions. At drivetherentdown.com, people can easily inform themselves and learn key

Are You a Renter in California? Here are New Trends You’ll Want to Know
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Feb. 05, 2021Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rental housing market in California has most definitely changed. More landlords are offering specials, and rents have lowered — although those decreases started at very high price levels and

Never Forget the Corporate Landlords Who Want All Your Money
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jan. 27, 2021As we head deeper into 2021, renters in California and across the nation should never forget the small but powerful group of corporate landlords who shelled out a staggering $66.5 million to kill the expansion

COVID-19 Exposed Longtime Housing and Homelessness Problems. Will Politicians Do More than Short-Term Solutions?
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jan. 26, 2021Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing has become alarmingly clear: middle- and working-class Americans need long-term solutions for major problems that have impacted them for years. That especially applies to the housing

AIDS Healthcare Foundation Rolls Out Comprehensive Housing Platform
In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Jan. 20, 2021In 1987, AIDS Healthcare Foundation was founded in Los Angeles as a housing and medical-care provider for terminally-ill AIDS patients. Decades later, in California and throughout the country, AHF’s patients have been negatively impacted by

President Joe Biden Says Housing Is a Right. It’s a Game Changer.
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jan. 19, 2021With the recent unveiling of the COVID-19 relief package, the Biden Administration made a simple, yet extraordinary statement: housing is a right. That powerful concept can dramatically impact housing and homelessness policies for the better.

Will Lawmakers Fully Embrace AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s Model To Quickly Produce More Housing?
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jan. 14, 2021Years before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, AIDS Healthcare Foundation created a housing model to urgently address Los Angeles’ worsening homelessness crisis. State and local officials in California are now following AHF’s lead, but they must
