In the largest city in California, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously yesterday to oppose State Sen. Scott Wiener’s trickle-down housing bill, SB 50. The council members sent a strong message to state legislators


Columbia University Professor Debunks Anti-Rent Control Arguments
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Apr. 16, 2019In recent months, a growing list of top experts, including academics from USC, UCLA, and UC Berkeley, have been debunking anti-rent control arguments. Now Columbia University Business School Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh joins the ranks.

TV Ad Slams State Sen. Scott Wiener For Pushing Gentrification
In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Apr. 15, 2019A TV advertisement and mailer by Housing Is A Human Right and AIDS Healthcare Foundation slam California State Sen. Scott Wiener for his trickle-down housing, pro-gentrification bill SB 50. The ad and mailer feature renowned

Scott Wiener’s Appalling Legacy as San Francisco Supervisor
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Apr. 12, 2019Before Scott Wiener became a state senator in 2016, he served as a San Francisco supervisor for six years. Known as a “corporate Democrat,” he aggressively pushed policies that benefited his campaigns contributors in the

Scott Wiener’s SB 50 Must Build More Affordable Housing to Address Crisis
In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Apr. 10, 2019Last week, California State Sen. Scott Wiener said he would refine his controversial, trickle-down housing bill, SB 50. Housing Is A Human Right, the housing advocacy division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, demands that any changes

California Needs Rent Control to Urgently Address Housing Affordability Crisis
In News by Staff / Apr. 05, 2019California’s housing affordability crisis is devastating the middle- and working-class. It’s an emergency that’s impacting millions—and unfolding right now. We need urgent solutions. Housing Is A Human Right, the housing advocacy division of AIDS Healthcare

Housing Is A Human Right Continues to Oppose Trickle-Down Housing Bill SB 50
In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Apr. 02, 2019Today, the California State Senate Housing Committee approved State Sen. Scott Wiener’s fundamentally flawed, trickle-down housing bill, SB 50. We’re disappointed, but not surprised. Housing Is A Human Right will continue to fight on the

California’s SB 50, A Luxury-Housing Bill, Is Fundamentally Flawed
In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Mar. 31, 2019Housing Is A Human Right (HHR), the housing advocacy division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, releases the following statement on California State Sen. Scott Wiener’s bill SB 50. HHR Director René Christian Moya is available for

Selling Out California: Scott Wiener’s Money Ties to Big Real Estate
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Mar. 26, 2019Housing Is A Human Right has released today a special report about California State Sen. Scott Wiener’s troubling financial connections to the real estate industry. It reveals that Wiener — who aggressively pushes a controversial

Californians Want Rent Control
In News by Housing Is A Human Right / Mar. 21, 2019In his recent column for CALmatters, Dan Walters argues that two state bills that would reform the problematic Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act and institute anti-rent gouging would defy the “will of the voters” after the