The Real Dirt is a regular column by award-winning advocacy journalist Patrick Range McDonald that exposes the real estate industry’s lies, scams, and other unscrupulous acts, which impact the lives of millions. The California Apartment …
People Are Working Hard, But They’re Still Homeless
In the new book There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America, journalist Brian Goldstone examined the mean reality that people are working hard to pay the rent, but still end up …
Three Questions: Passing AB 246, the Myth of Homelessness, Supporting Rent Regulations
“Three Questions” is a regular series in which award-winning advocacy journalist Patrick Range McDonald and other members of Housing Is A Human Right answer your questions, or questions we’ve heard in the past, about housing …
Housing Is A Human Right Supports AB 246 to Stop Rent Gouging After LA Wildfires
Housing Is A Human Right supports California’s AB 246 to stop rent gouging after the L.A. wildfires. The state bill, authored by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, will protect thousands of current and prospective tenants against predatory …
New Survey Shows Wide Support for Rent Stabilization from Both Republicans and Democrats
For years, unfair, sky-high rents have slammed middle- and working-class tenants across the United States, fueling homelessness. So it’s no surprise that a new survey by the Community Service Society found that big majorities of …
Always Scheming to Kill Tenant Protections, California Apartment Association Weakens Rent Stabilization in Concord
Once again trying to kill any kind of tenant protection in California, the California Apartment Association is about to weaken a rent stabilization ordinance in the city of Concord in Northern California. As a result, …
Nation’s Largest Corporate Landlords Use California Apartment Association to Make Outsized Profits
The California Apartment Association often frames itself as a defender of mom-and-pop landlords, but that’s anything but the truth. Research shows time and again that many of the nation’s largest corporate landlords use the CAA …
California Apartment Association Investigated for Shady Contributions to Kill Prop 33 and Pass Prop 34
The California Fair Political Practices Commission is now investigating the California Apartment Association and a corporate landlord for shady campaign contributions used to kill Prop 33 and pass Prop 34. AIDS Healthcare Foundation and its housing advocacy …
Senators Call for Investigation Into Rent Gouging of Military Families Through RealPage Software
U.S. senators Elizabeth Warren and Ruben Gallego have recently sent a letter to the Department of Defense calling for an investigation into whether landlords are using RealPage software to rent gouge military families. Over the …
Housing Is A Human Right Implores California Apartment Association to Call For Rent Freezes
On the heels of widespread reports of rent gouging in Southern California following its recent apocalyptic wildfires, Housing Is A Human Right, the housing advocacy division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, implores the California Apartment Association, …