At Los Angeles City Hall on Friday, Housing Is A Human Right denounced pay-to-play, spot zoning, and other troubling land-use practices by L.A. politicians that are fueling a citywide gentrification crisis. Activists have long told

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and its housing advocacy division, Housing Is A Human Right (HHR), applaud California Gov. Gavin Newsom for providing leadership in addressing the state’s devastating housing affordability and homeless crises. Unfair, excessive

With Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announcing today that he won’t run for president in 2020, Housing Is A Human Right strongly urges him to double his efforts in addressing Los Angeles’ homeless and housing

A Housing Is A Human Right investigation has found that the real estate industry, including the California Apartment Association and notorious landlord Russell Flynn, have shelled out $153,816 to California State Senator Scott Wiener’s 2020

California’s housing affordability and homelessness crises need a muscular response from local and state legislators. With today’s release of Governor Gavin Newsom’s state budget, Housing Is A Human Right is encouraged that the governor is

Georgina Serrano, an enthusiastic, big-hearted woman, is a community organizer in Los Angeles for Inquilinos Unidos, a housing justice nonprofit. She works, each day, on the frontlines of California’s housing affordability crisis. She’s never seen

Derek Steele is an activist — but first and foremost a father and husband. When he and his wife were hit with two major rent increases in the past two years, with nothing to protect

Mike Van Gorder and his wife live in a modest apartment on a quiet, tree-lined street in Glendale, a small city 10 miles north of Downtown Los Angeles. They have been married for five years,

A Housing Is A Human Right investigation found that powerful, real estate players shelled out a whopping $77.3 million to stop Proposition 10 in California.  They spent heavily to halt the grassroots effort to urgently

Proposition 10 forced a robust public debate about access to affordable housing throughout California, galvanizing policymakers and advocates who are profoundly frustrated at the insidious acceleration of homelessness caused by persistent, excessive increases in rental