On Thursday, July 16, a little before noon, Essex Property Trust executive John Eudy sent an email to his deep-pocketed colleagues in the real estate industry, asking for campaign contributions — $100 per apartment —

Many years ago, at UCLA, Richard “Tod” Spieker was an All-America swimmer, whose legacy was enshrined when the school’s state-of-the-art aquatics center was named after him. Today, in 2020, Spieker, a multi-millionaire landlord in Palo

Natalie Logusch and her neighbors have lived in their 111-year-old, Colonial Revival apartment building in downtown Berkeley for years. They are middle- and working-class people who can only afford to live in the city because

For years, Invitation Homes, led by CEO Dallas Tanner, has been slammed for its shocking treatment of tenants and fueling the country’s housing affordability crisis. The corporate landlord was even criticized by the United Nations

As we all know, the Barons of Big Real Estate — billionaires Sam Zell and Jackie Safier, millionaires Tim Naughton and Dallas Tanner, to name a few — are pumping millions into campaign committees that

Behind the scenes, a handful of real estate executives have been guiding the California Apartment Association’s never-ending push to stop any and all renter protections. CAA CEO Tom Bannon is one of them. So is

Housing Is A Human Right presents another special report about the power players responsible for the housing affordability crisis. For this investigation, we examine Blackstone Group CEO and billionaire Stephen Schwarzman, one of the largest

In a few months, Californians will vote by mail or walk into the local polling place and decide if Proposition 21, the ballot measure that limits unfair rent increases, should be passed. For middle- and

From California to New York, the news has not been good. Millions losing their jobs and facing eviction. Unaffordable rents in every state in the nation. Homelessness surging in the suburbs. If there was ever

Outside the real estate industry, most Californians have never heard of Barry Altshuler, and he probably likes it that way. But as president of the California Apartment Association board of directors and executive vice president