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Rental Affordability Act Hits Another Major Milestone with 500,000 Signatures

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Sep. 25, 2019
In less than three months, California rent control advocates have gathered more than 500,000 voter signatures for the Rental Affordability Act, the statewide ballot measure that allows local communities to expand rent control. Voters are

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‘GNTRIFIED’ Billboards Hit Inaction on Housing Affordability Crisis

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Sep. 06, 2019
Housing justice advocates from AIDS Healthcare Foundation launched this week “GNTRIFIED,” the latest Los Angeles-area billboard campaign to spotlight inaction on the housing affordability crisis and the role gentrification plays in the spiraling homeless epidemic in

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2020 California Rent Control Measure Clears 50 Percent Signature Threshold

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Aug. 29, 2019
In just two short months, rent control advocates in California have collected more than 325,000 signatures for the Rental Affordability Act, a statewide ballot measure that will allow local communities to expand rent control in California.

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Housing Is A Human Right Opposes LA City Council Power Grab of Community Redevelopment Agency

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Aug. 28, 2019
The Los Angeles City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved a little-known resolution and ordinance on Tuesday that questionably transfers the land use planning authority from the Community Redevelopment Agency to the city’s

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Rental Affordability Act Surpasses Key Threshold For Statewide Ballot

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Aug. 09, 2019
Rent control advocates have collected 195,309 signatures for the Rental Affordability Act, the statewide ballot measure that will allow local communities to expand rent control in California. The total collected so far by the organizations leading

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Californians Overwhelmingly Support Rental Affordability Act

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Jul. 10, 2019
California voters overwhelmingly support the expansion of rent control policies and a proposed ballot initiative, the Rental Affordability Act (RAA), according to a new poll commissioned by AIDS Healthcare Foundation. The poll was conducted at

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California’s Housing Affordability Crisis Demands the Rental Affordability Act

In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Jul. 05, 2019
Californians are getting slammed by a devastating, ongoing housing affordability crisis. They need help now. Top experts at prestigious colleges such as USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Columbia University agree that rent control is a

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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