Update, November 21, 2022: A new Associated Press article explains that Americans want more affordable housing by passing rent control and affordable-housing ballot measures across the country. More details at the end of the article. …
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 …
While the Rest of Us Drown Under Sky-High Rents, Big Real Estate Execs Buy Superyachts and Hire Superstar Drake for a Party
While more and more Americans struggle to pay wildly inflated rents, Big Real Estate executives are splurging on superyachts, car collections, and even a private audience with superstar rapper Drake. The Real Deal recently reported about …
UPDATE: Why Is California YIMBY Hiding the Names of Big-Money Contributors?
Update, November 22, 2022: In an interview with Current Affairs, California YIMBY staffer Darrell Owens lied and misled when asked about the funding for California YIMBY. He also told a whopper about AIDS Healthcare Foundation …
‘Selling Off California’ Exposes Corporate YIMBYs’ Ties to Big Tech and Big Real Estate
Corporate YIMBYs have repeatedly tried to frame themselves as housing justice activists, but that’s far from the truth. In fact, a new book titled Selling Off California: The Untold Story reveals that Corporate YIMBYs have …
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 …
UPDATE: Big Real Estate’s Top 10 Campaign Contributors That Oppose Proposition 21
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 …
EXCLUSIVE: The Big Real Estate Executives Who Are Calling the Shots to Stop Prop 21
On Thursday, July 16, a little before noon, Essex Property Trust executive John Eudy sent an email to his deep-pocketed colleagues in the real estate industry, asking for campaign contributions — $100 per apartment — …
Barons of Big Real Estate Want You to Help Them Make Billions
In a few months, Californians will vote by mail or walk into the local polling place and decide if Proposition 21, the ballot measure that limits unfair rent increases, should be passed. For middle- and …
California’s Proposition 21 is a Movement About Justice, and Big Real Estate Is Scared Silly
From California to New York, the news has not been good. Millions losing their jobs and facing eviction. Unaffordable rents in every state in the nation. Homelessness surging in the suburbs. If there was ever …
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