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California Tenants Deserve Real Rent Control

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Jul. 02, 2019
Housing Is A Human Right, the housing advocacy division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, strongly supports statewide rent stabilization, but we must oppose the state bill AB 1482 in its present form. AB 1482 would allow

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Housing Is A Human Right Exposes Billionaire Landlord Stephen Schwarzman

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Jun. 14, 2019
With the unveiling of a new website, Housing Is A Human Right turns the spotlight on the real estate industry’s predatory, greed-driven agenda that’s fueling the housing affordability crisis in California and across the nation.

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‘3 Ps’ Is Best Solution For Housing Affordability And Homelessness Crises

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Jun. 11, 2019
To maximize profits, the real estate industry has long pushed a trickle-down, luxury-housing agenda, fueling gentrification and the housing affordability and homelessness crises. It’s time for a shift — to more humane, logical housing policies

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The Housing Affordability Crisis Fuels L.A.’s Homeless Emergency

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jun. 04, 2019
The 16 percent and 12 percent jumps in homelessness in Los Angeles city and county, respectively, sadly underline that we are facing a devastating humanitarian crisis. In total, there are 58,936 homeless people in L.A.

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Unfair Rents and Gentrification Spark People Power in Sacramento

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / May. 24, 2019
Across the street from the California State Capitol, during her lunch break, Erica Jaramillo, a government worker and Sacramento Tenants Union member, contemplates the frontline battles of the housing affordability crisis. The sudden evictions, the

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Housing Is A Human Right Applauds State Sen. Anthony Portantino for Shelving SB 50

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / May. 16, 2019
Housing Is A Human Right applauds California State Sen. and Appropriations Committee Chair Anthony Portantino for shelving SB 50, a harmful, trickle-down housing bill that would fuel gentrification and displacement in California. We need urgent,

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Scott Wiener’s SB 50 Faces Mounting Opposition From Dozens of Cities

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / May. 08, 2019
California State Sen. Scott Wiener’s real estate deregulation bill, SB 50, is facing mounting opposition from elected officials in nearly three dozen cities. On May 7, the Long Beach City Council voted unanimously to oppose

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AIDS Healthcare Foundation Boldly Tackles Housing Affordability Crisis

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / May. 07, 2019
For 32 years, AIDS Healthcare Foundation has boldly tackled public health crises — from the AIDS epidemic to sexually transmitted disease outbreaks to the deadly Ebola crisis in Africa. That’s especially true when governments and

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Rent Control Advocates File for New California Statewide Ballot Measure for 2020

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / May. 01, 2019
To address California’s housing affordability crisis, rent control advocates and Housing Is A Human Right have launched a statewide ballot measure called the Rental Affordability Act. Advocates intend to qualify the measure for the November

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New SB 50 Mailer Exposes State Sen. Scott Wiener as ‘The Man from Real Estate’

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Apr. 24, 2019
As California State Sen. Scott Wiener’s real estate deregulation bill SB 50 wends its way through legislative committees in Sacramento, housing justice and rent control advocates affiliated with Housing Is A Human Right (HHR) today