A few weeks ago, in November, activists in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, had done something momentous: in each of their cities, against the deep-pocketed landlord lobby, they managed to convince voters to pass pro-rent …
Housing Is A Human Right’s Advocacy Highlights of 2021
In 2021, Housing Is A Human Right not only fought to stop bad policies, but it also pushed for community-based solutions. It’s not easy work. We’re battling a powerful triumvirate made up of the real …
Special Investigation: California Apartment Association’s Deep-Pocketed Campaign To Kill Tenant Protections
Housing Is A Human Right routinely publishes special reports about the real estate industry and the politicians and YIMBYs who carry out Big Real Estate’s agenda. One of our reports — “The Garcetti-fication of Los …
Charging Wildly Inflated Rents, Corporate Landlords Are Living Extravagant Lifestyles
Professional sports teams, massive luxury-car collections, 216-foot yachts, multi-million-dollar mansions. Corporate landlords, including billionaires Stephen Schwarzman (pictured above) and Sam Zell, are living extravagant lifestyles subsidized by tenants who spend huge chunks of their paychecks …
Housing Is A Human Right Urges Gov. Gavin Newsom to Veto SB 9 and SB 10
Housing Is A Human Right urges Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto SB 9 and SB 10. The state bills push harmful trickle-down policies that fuel higher rents and gentrification, and have no requirements for affordable …
Housing Is A Human Right Calls on Millennium Partners to Scrap Troubled Hollywood Project
Housing Is A Human Right and its parent organization, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, have called for Millennium Partners, a controversial luxury-housing developer, to completely abandon plans to build the Hollywood Millennium development. The call comes on …
VIDEO: Housing Is A Human Right Holds Community Hearing on Homelessness, Housing, and Hunger
On June 25, Housing Is A Human Right held the Community Hearing on Homelessness, Housing, and Hunger at the Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. The event gave activists, unhoused individuals, and community leaders a …
What Is a YIMBY? (Hint: It’s Not Good)
Maybe you’ve read an article about YIMBYs or heard a friend mention the term. Or maybe you saw something on Twitter, but still don’t understand what YIMBYs are. No problem. Here’s the lowdown. To start …
Petition Shows Strong Support for Fixing Flawed Update of Hollywood Community Plan
A petition created by Housing Is A Human Right shows strong support for fixing the flawed update of the Hollywood Community Plan. More than 1,660 people have signed the petition, demanding that Mayor Eric Garcetti …
Trickle-Down Housing is a Failure. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Trickle-down housing policy, pushed by the real estate industry and politicians, has been a colossal failure. It hasn’t built the affordable housing that’s needed for California’s housing affordability crisis, and it fuels gentrification in working-class …