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, …
Housing Is A Human Right Offers Vital Information Hub About California Apartment Association
At its website, Housing Is A Human Right now offers a vital information hub about the California Apartment Association, the powerful front group for the nation’s largest corporate landlords. The California Apartment Association and Big …
California’s Ellis Act Has Devastated the Lives of Tenants for Decades
For decades, the Ellis Act, a statewide law in California, has devastated the lives of tenants, including seniors and children, by forcing them out of their homes through evictions to make way for luxury housing. …
California Apartment Association Carries Out Dirty Work for Corporate Landlords
In 2022, corporate landlords Essex Property Trust, Equity Residential, and AvalonBay Communities, three of the largest apartment owners in the United States, quietly carried out a shell game with the California Apartment Association to kill …
California Apartment Association Carries Out Statewide Attack on Tenant Protections
For years, the California Apartment Association, the front group for corporate landlords, has carried out a statewide attack on tenant protections — no matter who gets hurt. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization even fought temporary safeguards …
Corporate Landlords and California Apartment Association Are Public Menaces
When it comes to devastating the lives of Californians, corporate landlords and the California Apartment Association are the worst kind of public menaces. That’s not a stretch. No other industry has done as much destruction …