The Federal Bureau of Investigation has raided the offices of Cortland Management, a corporate landlord that uses the controversial RealPage software program to jack up rents. It’s a clear sign that the RealPage scandal is


Who Are the Political Consultants Working For Corporate Landlords to Stop Rent Control Measure in California?
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jun. 04, 2024For this coming election in California, corporate landlords have hired a small army of political consultants to kill a pro-rent control measure called the Justice for Renters Act and to pass an anti-AIDS Healthcare Foundation

California YIMBY Joins Corporate Landlords to Kill Rent Control Measure
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / May. 31, 2024In a move that doesn’t surprise housing activists, California YIMBY, the land-use lobbying group for Big Tech, has officially opposed the Justice for Renters Act – the November ballot measure that seeks to end statewide

Exclusive: Nation’s Largest Corporate Landlords are Banding Together to Kill Rent Control Measure in California
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / May. 15, 2024An exclusive Housing Is A Human Right investigation has found that 10 of the largest corporate landlords in the United States are banding together to stop a pro-rent control ballot measure in California, shelling out

We Have the Power To Rein In Greedy Corporate Landlords
In News by Staff / Apr. 30, 2024Week after week, there’s a new study about the life-altering consequences of sky-high rents or a new investigation about the destructive greed of corporate landlords. It may seem like a hopeless situation, but it’s not,

More Than Half of Los Angeles Households are Drowning Under High Housing Costs, Says New Report
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Apr. 24, 2024A disturbing new report by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has found that more than half of the households in the city of Los Angeles are drowning under high housing costs. Worse,

Unaffordable Rents Linked to More Deaths, Says Eviction Lab
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Apr. 16, 2024Over the years, Housing Is A Human Right has routinely said that the housing affordability crisis is a public health issue. Now Eviction Lab, the highly regarded research institute at Princeton University, has found that

Arnel Management Company Helped Kill Rent Control Expansion. Now It Improperly Withheld Security Deposits.
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Apr. 03, 2024First, Arnel Management Company helped to kill two pro-rent control ballot measures in California by contributing a total of $500,000. Now the corporate landlord has reached a settlement with California Attorney General Rob Bonta for

Why Are California Business Roundtable and Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles Using a Shell Game to Kill Rent Control?
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Mar. 20, 2024A Housing Is A Human Right investigation has found that the California Business Roundtable and the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles are using a shell game to finance their effort to kill the expansion

Who’s Funding Big Real Estate’s Sneaky Anti-Rent Control Effort in California? Here Are Their Names
In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Feb. 07, 2024Housing Is A Human Right recently revealed that the California Apartment Association and corporate landlords are playing a sneaky shell game to fund their anti-rent control effort in California, trying to avoid scrutiny from the