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California Has Most Rent-Burdened Tenants in US. We Need Rent Control.

In Featured, News by Patrick Range McDonaldJanuary 6, 2023

California has more rent-burdened tenants than anywhere in the United States, according to a new report by the O.C. Register. It’s more proof that California desperately needs to end statewide rent control restrictions – and …

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Housing Is A Human Right and Healthy Housing Foundation Reach New Milestone, Urgently Serving Tenants and the Unhoused for Five Years

In News by StaffDecember 15, 2022

In 2022, Housing Is A Human Right and its sister organization, Healthy Housing Foundation, reached a new milestone: five years of serving tenants and the unhoused by urgently addressing the housing affordability and homelessness crises. …

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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 Featured, 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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Housing Is A Human Right’s November 2022 Voter Guide for California

In News by StaffOctober 12, 2022

Election Day is only weeks away, so Housing Is A Human Right is rolling out a November 2022 Voter Guide for California. We’re mostly focused on ballot measures that will help solve the housing affordability …

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Across the US, Movements Continue to Rise Up to End Rent Control Bans

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldSeptember 27, 2022

Across the United States, grassroots movements continue to rise up to end statewide rent control bans. In California, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New Mexico, activists have worked to repeal or reform rent control restrictions, and movements …

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UPDATE: AB 1482, an ‘Anti-Rent Gouging’ Law, Fails California Tenants

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldAugust 3, 2022

Update, November 8, 2022: A new UC Berkeley Terner Center report says AB 1482 isn’t working for tenants —  and may never work if reforms don’t take place. Despite how the real estate industry frames …

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Stephen Schwarzman, Fierce Foe of Rent Control, Lands on Top 25 List of Wealthiest Americans

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldJuly 26, 2022

Corporate landlord Stephen Schwarzman, the controversial CEO of Blackstone Group, has been ranked by CEOWorld magazine as the one of the 25 wealthiest people in the United States. In 2018 and 2020, Blackstone shelled out …

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Ellis Act Evictions Keep Rising, But Politicians Do Nothing

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldJuly 15, 2022

This week, the Coalition for Economic Survival released an eye-popping finding: since 2001, landlords and developers have filed more than 28,000 Ellis Act evictions in Los Angeles. Since L.A.’s average household size is 2.8 people, …

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Why Is Oxford Taking Millions from Corporate Landlord Stephen Schwarzman?

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldMarch 16, 2022

The University of Oxford has raked in more millions from Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman – one of the wealthiest individuals in the United States who’s known to whitewash his predatory business practices through charitable …

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Housing Is A Human Right Urges Gov. Gavin Newsom to Veto SB 9 and SB 10

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldSeptember 16, 2021

Housing Is A Human Right urges Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto SB 9 and SB 10. The state bills push harmful trickle-down policies that fuel higher rents and gentrification, and have no requirements for affordable …

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