On Valentine’s Day, AIDS Healthcare Foundation opened its first transitional housing project for houseless and low-income individuals, with priority for those with chronic health conditions. Through its new program Healthy Housing Foundation, AHF will provide …
L.A. Tenants Union and Housing Is A Human Right Protest SB 827
The L.A. Tenants Union and Housing Is A Human Right confronted California State Senator Scott Wiener recently, denouncing his dangerous, pro-gentrification bill, SB 827. With little to no input from housing justice and community groups, …
UCLA Symposium Examines Gentrification as a Public Health Issue
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention deems gentrification a public health issue. Columbia University has been analyzing the health impacts of gentrification for years. Now UCLA is making the holistic connection. “While gentrification …
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Responds to L.A.’s Homeless Emergency
On Thursday, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, through its housing division Healthy Housing Foundation, unveiled another urgent response to Los Angeles’ worsening homeless emergency. Providing shelter quickly and inexpensively, Healthy Housing Foundation by AHF will turn a …
Housing Is A Human Right Disappointed in Costa-Hawkins Defeat
Housing Is A Human Right, the housing advocacy division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), issued the following statement in response to the failure of the California State Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee to move …
For 30 Years, AIDS Healthcare Foundation Has Been ‘Keeping the Promise’
For 30 years, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the world’s largest HIV/AIDS medical-care provider, has fought for what’s right — even when it means engaging in difficult battles against corporate landlords, the pharmaceutical industry, and powerful politicians. …
Want to Understand Displacement and Gentrification? Watch These Videos
From Los Angeles to New York, gentrification and displacement are slamming working- and middle-class people. To better understand what’s happening, the well-regarded Urban Displacement Project has produced two explainer videos for residents and activists. The …
What Are the Top 10 Most Gentrified Areas in Los Angeles?
Backing up what residents and activists have long seen unfolding, a City Hall database reveals that a devastating gentrification crisis is sweeping across Los Angeles. The information was collected, with little public knowledge, by Mayor …
‘Resist Gentrification’ Summit In Los Angeles Draws Hundreds
As further proof that Los Angeles County residents are struggling through a massive gentrification crisis, more than 800 people attended the Resist Gentrification Action Summit on December 2. For the first time in recent memory, …
AHF Launches Healthy Housing Foundation to Provide Affordable Housing to the Vulnerable
AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the world’s largest nonprofit HIV/AIDS medical-care provider, has launched Healthy Housing Foundation to serve our most vulnerable residents in Los Angeles. Unstable or no housing is a primary impediment to the effective …