Mike Van Gorder and his wife live in a modest apartment on a quiet, tree-lined street in Glendale, a small city 10 miles north of Downtown Los Angeles. They have been married for five years, …
AHF Addresses Housing Solutions at Sanders Institute’s The Gathering
AIDS Healthcare Foundation will address housing justice issues at the Sanders Institute’s The Gathering this week. The progressive think-tank was co-founded by Jane Sanders, the wife of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. Healthy Housing Foundation, AHF’s …
More Than 525 Organizations and Leaders Form Diverse Housing Coalition in California
During California’s Proposition 10 campaign, 527 organizations and civic leaders endorsed the statewide ballot measure that would have allowed cities and counties to expand rent control policies. Prop 10 was not approved, but a broad …
AHF’s Healthy Housing Foundation Launches South Florida’s Largest Affordable Housing Solution
The Healthy Housing Foundation Powered by AHF, in partnership with an array of community stakeholders including the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, United Way of Broward County, Urban League of Broward County, Mount Olive Development Corporation, …
State Senate Committee Kills Pro-Gentrification Bill SB 827
(UPDATE, 12/5/18: California State Sen. Scott Wiener is now rebooting his pro-gentrification, fatally flawed bill SB 827. Killed in committee earlier this year, it has a different title — SB 50 — but the bill still …
Tenants and Activists Say ‘The Rent Is Too Damn High!’
Slammed by sky-rocketing rents and unscrupulous developers and landlords, Southern California tenants and housing justice activists banded together in Downtown Los Angeles on Thursday to kick off rent-control and tenant protections campaigns. The show of …
Housing is a Public Health Issue
From the American Public Health Association to the World Health Organization, experts agree that affordable, sanitary housing is essential for good health — and for healthy communities. Treating hundreds of thousands of lower-income patients around …
Repeal Costa-Hawkins Movement Makes Big Impact at California Democratic Convention
The rallying cry was heard over and over, throughout the San Diego Convention Center, at the California Democratic Party Convention last week: “The rent! The rent! Is too damn high!” Waving signs and banging drums, …
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 …