In Salinas, California, the real estate industry has spent nearly $100,000 to kill rent control and other tenant protections. The battle between tenants and Big Real Estate in the working-class city is one of three …
Does Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Have a Good Record on Homelessness?
The other week, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said, at a “Pancakes and Politics” forum, that she’d give herself a “B+” for her work on homelessness. She should look at her record again. In terms …
With National Implications, Corporate Landlords Take Aim at Three Pro-Rent Control Campaigns in California
Corporate landlords and their high-powered lobbying group, the California Apartment Association, are working to stop pro-rent control campaigns in three cities in California, and they’ve already dropped $20,000 to kill a pro-rent control measure in …
Drawn-Out Approval and Permitting Process Drives Housing Construction Delays, Says Study
While the United States faces a shocking shortage of millions of affordable-housing units for lower-income residents, a new white paper has been released that shows drawn-out approval and permitting processes are a major cause of …
Billionaire Corporate Landlord Throws Extravagant Party with Your Hard-Earned Cash
The other week, the Daily Mail reported that billionaire corporate landlord Stephen Schwarzman (pictured in top hat above) was gearing up for a “lavish party” in Scotland that would feature dancers, magicians, puppeteers, an outdoor …
How Can We Fix America’s Shocking Lack of Affordable Housing?
In its recent annual report, the National Low Income Housing Coalition laid out some shocking facts. First, no state or major metropolitan area in America has an adequate supply of affordable housing for extremely-low-income renters. …
Questions About YIMBYism? Read Housing Is A Human Right’s Top-Notch Coverage for the Hard Facts.
YIMBYism seriously popped up in California in 2017 when Big Tech executives founded California YIMBY, a statewide lobbying group largely funded by tech industry hotshots. Since then, California YIMBY has pushed housing policies that impact …
California Apartment Association Gears Up for Rent Control Battle in Redwood City
The California Apartment Association and many of the largest corporate landlords in the United States are now gearing up to kill a pro-rent control ballot measure in Redwood City. Last month, the powerful lobbying group, …
Harvard Report Says Government Must Urgently Build Millions of Affordable-Housing Units
In its widely read annual report, the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies made one thing perfectly clear: the government – federal, state, and local – must build more affordable housing. Things are so bad …
Will the Mega-Merger of Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Hurt Tenants?
Corporate landlords Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities have officially merged to form the largest apartment real estate investment trust in the United States. This is no small thing: Equity and AvalonBay own thousands of apartments …