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With FBI Raid, RealPage Scandal Heats Up for Corporate Landlords in California and Other States

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jun. 05, 2024
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

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Who Are the Political Consultants Working For Corporate Landlords to Stop Rent Control Measure in California?

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jun. 04, 2024
For 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

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California YIMBY Joins Corporate Landlords to Kill Rent Control Measure

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / May. 31, 2024
In 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

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Exclusive: Nation’s Largest Corporate Landlords are Banding Together to Kill Rent Control Measure in California

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / May. 15, 2024
An 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

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We Have the Power To Rein In Greedy Corporate Landlords

In News by Staff / Apr. 30, 2024
Week 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,

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More Than Half of Los Angeles Households are Drowning Under High Housing Costs, Says New Report

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Apr. 24, 2024
A 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,

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Unaffordable Rents Linked to More Deaths, Says Eviction Lab

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Apr. 16, 2024
Over 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

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Arnel Management Company Helped Kill Rent Control Expansion. Now It Improperly Withheld Security Deposits.

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Apr. 03, 2024
First, 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

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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, 2024
A 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

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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, 2024
Housing 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