Last year, while Californians battled Big Real Estate to pass a pro-rent control ballot measure called Proposition 33, corporate landlords and other uber-wealthy real estate insiders shelled out cash to pay for a YIMBY Action
The Real Dirt: Price-Gouging, Predatory Evictions, Real Estate’s Hitman Problem
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jun. 27, 2025The Real Dirt is a monthly 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. A Beverly Hills real estate
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In News by Staff / Jun. 25, 2025Housing Is A Human Right has published numerous special reports and articles over the years, including our investigation that won the “Best Activism Journalism” award from the Los Angeles Press Club (see below). They provide
The Real Dirt: Corporate Landlords Target Black Tenants, Big Real Estate Delays Pro-Tenant Bill, the Shame of YIMBY
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / May. 28, 2025The Real Dirt is a monthly 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. UCLA delivered a
Predatory Corporate Landlords Target Black Tenants for Eviction, Says New UCLA Study
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / May. 27, 2025A new study has found that predatory corporate landlords are targeting Black tenants for eviction in the Los Angeles area. The eye-popping report, carried out by a UCLA researcher, also found that Equity Residential, Essex
The Real Dirt: The RealPage Scandal, Big Real Estate Hires Fake Activists, Reining In the Oligarchs
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Apr. 29, 2025The 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. Big news came
‘Stop the Red Tape’ Protest: Housing Is A Human Right to Wrap LA City Hall in Red Tape Ribbon
In News by Staff / Apr. 17, 2025For the first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in the Grants Pass case, which allowed for the criminalization of the unhoused community, Housing Is A Human Right and the Los Angeles office of
As Nation’s Largest Corporate Landlords Keep Growing, Rent Control is Needed More Than Ever
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Apr. 09, 2025The National Multifamily Housing Council, the powerful landlord lobbying group based in Washington D.C., has released a new ranking of the nation’s largest corporate landlords. What becomes clear is that as Big Real Estate continues
The Real Dirt: The Greed of California Apartment Association, Invitation Homes, and Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Mar. 27, 2025The 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. The California Apartment
Call California Assembly Members Now to Help Fire Ravaged Los Angeles County
In News by Staff / Mar. 26, 2025Housing Is A Human Right is asking all California residents to call state assembly members to urge them to vote “yes” on AB 246, a state bill that stops rent gouging in Los Angeles County.