Last year, while Californians battled Big Real Estate to pass a pro-rent control ballot measure called Proposition 33, corporate landlords and other uber-wealthy real estate insiders shelled out cash to pay for a YIMBY Action …
The Real Dirt: Price-Gouging, Predatory Evictions, Real Estate’s Hitman Problem
A Beverly Hills real estate agent not only ignored a California law, but grossly violated it. That’s what California Attorney General Rob Bonta had found recently, announcing charges against Iman Eshaghyan for “allegedly advertising, listing, …
The Real Dirt: Corporate Landlords Target Black Tenants, Big Real Estate Delays Pro-Tenant Bill, the Shame of YIMBY
The Real Dirt is a monthly 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. UCLA delivered a …
California Apartment Association Uses Deep-Pocketed Influence to Delay Crucial Pro-Tenant Bill
Once again, the California Apartment Association has shown that it only cares about guarding Big Real Estate’s outsized profits by delaying a crucial state bill that would have helped millions of tenants struggling through the …
The Real Dirt: The Greed of California Apartment Association, Invitation Homes, and Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman
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 …
Rent-Stabilization Laws Are Essential for Protecting Tenants, Say Experts
Last fall, Brian Callaci and Sandeep Vaheesan, of the Open Markets Institute, wrote a must-read white paper on ways to solve the housing affordability crisis. Published in the Harvard Business Review, it made clear that …
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 …
California YIMBY Joins Corporate Landlords to Kill Rent Control Measure
In a move that doesn’t surprise housing activists, California YIMBY, the land-use lobbying group for Big Tech, has officially opposed the Justice for Renters Act – the November ballot measure that seeks to end statewide …
The Collapse of the YIMBY House of Cards
YIMBYism has hit a rough patch. “Yes In My Back Yard” built its reputation on a series of false premises that have been propped up by boatloads of Big Real Estate and Big Tech money. …
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 …
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