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Will the California Apartment Association’s Billionaires Club Destroy California?

In Featured, News by Patrick Range McDonaldSeptember 15, 2023

A new Housing Is A Human Right investigation has found that a group of multi-billion-dollar real estate companies have shelled out millions to the California Apartment Association’s political committees, aiming to upend state and local …

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Corporate Landlords Use the California Apartment Association to Carry Out Greed-Driven Agenda

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldJuly 20, 2023

In 2022, controversial corporate landlords Essex Property Trust, Equity Residential, and AvalonBay Communities quietly contributed massive sums to a California Apartment Association political committee, which then delivered $125,000 to an anti-rent control campaign in Pasadena. …

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California Tenants Slap Lawsuits Against RealPage and Corporate Landlords

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldJune 28, 2023

At least four major lawsuits have been filed by California tenants against RealPage and its corporate clients for allegedly colluding to inflate rents. Last October, ProPublica published a devastating investigative report that found RealPage, through …

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Tenants Hit Back. RealPage and Corporate Landlords Face More Than 20 Lawsuits.

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldJanuary 17, 2023

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 …

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Big Real Estate Wanted to Keep Charging Excessive Rents. So It Spent $175 Million to Kill Rent Control in California.

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldDecember 1, 2022

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 …

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California Apartment Association and Big Real Estate Influence Political Races Throughout California

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldJune 6, 2022

With election season upon us, journalists and voters should take another look at our special report about how the California Apartment Association and Big Real Estate deliver campaign contributions to politicians in every level of …

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Top 5 Worst Corporate Landlords (Corporate YIMBYs Win Honorable Mention)

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldApril 5, 2022

As corporate landlords keep setting sky-high prices in the rental housing market, tenants are getting slammed by unfair rents, more evictions, and more homelessness. Known for their predatory business practices, corporate landlords also shell out …

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Corporate Landlords’ Excessive Rents Fuel Homelessness. Rent Control Will Save Lives.

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldMarch 24, 2022

A recent study shows that in cities where people spend more than 32 percent of their take-home pay on rent, a spike in homelessness will follow. With corporate landlords setting excessive prices in rental housing …

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Special Investigation: California Apartment Association’s Deep-Pocketed Campaign To Kill Tenant Protections

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldNovember 13, 2021

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 …

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UPDATE: Big Real Estate’s Top 10 Campaign Contributors That Oppose Proposition 21

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldAugust 19, 2020

Since last month, Big Real Estate has nearly doubled its millions in campaign contributions to stop Proposition 21. Leading the charge, Essex Property Trust, helmed by CEO Mike Schall (pictured above), is the top contributor …

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