A weeks-long Housing Is A Human Right investigation has found that Los Angeles Times housing reporter Liam Dillon (in gray suit above) participated in at least 20 real estate industry events since 2016, committing numerous …
Will Progressives Ever Make Housing a Top Priority?
Housing justice activists have been increasingly pushing for the passage of rent control and the repeal of rent control bans in states and cities all over the country. Rents have skyrocketed the most out of …
Tenants Hit Back. RealPage and Corporate Landlords Face More Than 20 Lawsuits.
Across the country, tenants are hitting back after a ProPublica investigation found that RealPage, a Big Tech firm based in Texas, helps a cartel of corporate landlords to wildly inflate rents. So far, RealPage and …
‘3 Ps’ Must Be Top Priority for Housing Policymakers
As the housing affordability and homelessness crises continue to slam the poor and middle- and working-class residents, the “3 Ps” must be a top priority for housing policymakers. Trickle-down housing solutions don’t help those who …
Will LA City Hall Use AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s Urgent, Cost-Effective Model to Build More Homeless Housing?
Since 2017, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the parent organization of Housing Is A Human Right, has bought more than a dozen old hotels and motels in the Los Angeles area, renovated them, and quickly produced more …
Housing Is A Human Right’s Top 5 Most-Read Stories of 2022
As part of our cutting-edge advocacy, Housing Is A Human Right publishes award-winning advocacy journalism in the News section of our website. We write with a grassroots perspective that mainstream reporters don’t often provide; we …
Housing Is A Human Right and Healthy Housing Foundation Reach New Milestone, Urgently Serving Tenants and the Unhoused for Five Years
In 2022, Housing Is A Human Right and its sister organization, Healthy Housing Foundation, reached a new milestone: five years of serving tenants and the unhoused by urgently addressing the housing affordability and homelessness crises. …
Big Real Estate Wanted to Keep Charging Excessive Rents. So It Spent $175 Million to Kill Rent Control in California.
In 2018 and 2020, Big Real Estate spent a total of $175.4 million to kill rent control ballot measures in California, aggressively protecting its ability to charge higher and higher rents. Two years later, several …
RealPage Shelled Out $1 Million to Stop Rent Control in California
Housing Is A Human Right has found that RealPage, a controversial Big Tech company based in Texas, shelled out an eye-popping $1 million to kill pro-rent control ballot measures in California. RealPage has come under …
Housing Is A Human Right Investigation Uncovers Shocking Facts About LA’s Vacant SROs
As part of its “Save Our SROs” advocacy campaign, Housing Is A Human Right has found more than 4,600 housing units in the Downtown Los Angeles area that are sitting vacant or are waiting to …