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Corporate Landlord Stephen Schwarzman Grabbed More Than $1 Billion in 2024

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Mar. 05, 2025
Shockingly, corporate landlord Stephen Schwarzman made more than $1 billion in pay and dividends in 2024, according to Bloomberg. Schwarzman’s company, Blackstone Group, was also a major contributor, in 2024, to Big Real Estate’s successful

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Three Questions: Economics 101, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and Gentrification

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Feb. 28, 2025
“Three Questions” is a regular series in which award-winning advocacy journalist Patrick Range McDonald and other members of Housing Is A Human Right answer your questions, or questions we’ve heard in the past, about housing

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The Real Dirt: Rent Gougers, Shady Campaign Cash, and Corporate YIMBYs

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Feb. 26, 2025
The Real Dirt is a regular column by award-winning advocacy journalist Patrick Range McDonald that exposes the real estate industry’s lies, scams, and other unscrupulous acts, which impact the lives of millions. It’s the inaugural

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‘3 Ps’ is a Winning Solution for the Housing Affordability Crisis

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Feb. 20, 2025
For years, Housing Is A Human Right and our parent organization, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, have been advocating for the “3 Ps” to address the housing affordability crisis in the United States. While corporate landlords and

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Rent-Stabilization Laws Are Essential for Protecting Tenants, Say Experts

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Feb. 12, 2025
Last fall, Brian Callaci and Sandeep Vaheesan, of the Open Markets Institute, wrote a must-read white paper on ways to solve the housing affordability crisis. Published in the Harvard Business Review, it made clear that

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Senators Call for Investigation Into Rent Gouging of Military Families Through RealPage Software

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Feb. 05, 2025
U.S. senators Elizabeth Warren and Ruben Gallego have recently sent a letter to the Department of Defense calling for an investigation into whether landlords are using RealPage software to rent gouge military families. Over the

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Big Real Estate Raised $171.6 Million to Kill Prop 33 and Pass Prop 34

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jan. 30, 2025
For the 2024 election, Big Real Estate raised a whopping total of $171.6 million to kill Proposition 33 and pass Proposition 34 in California. Several of the top contributors are the country’s largest corporate landlords.

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California’s Ellis Act Has Devastated the Lives of Tenants for Decades

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jan. 07, 2025
For decades, the Ellis Act, a statewide law in California, has devastated the lives of tenants, including seniors and children, by forcing them out of their homes through evictions to make way for luxury housing.

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Scandal-Plagued Contributors Shell Out $102.5 Million to Kill Prop 33 and Silence AHF

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Oct. 01, 2024
Scandal-plagued contributors from the real estate industry have shelled out a shocking $102.5 million to kill Proposition 33 and pass Proposition 34 in California – and that number is only rising. The controversial donors include

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Invitation Homes Contributed $500,000 to Kill Prop 33. Now the Corporate Landlord is in Big Trouble with the FTC.

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Sep. 25, 2024
Invitation Homes, a corporate landlord that’s routinely getting into major trouble, has agreed to an eye-popping $48-million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission for “unlawful behavior against renters.” Through its wholly owned subsidiary, THR Property