A little more than a week ago, the Biden administration made a major announcement: the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide 100 percent reimbursement to counties for shelter-in-place hotel costs for the unhoused. California …
Housing Is A Human Right Creates Website to ‘Drive the Rent Down’
Housing Is A Human Right has created a special website for current tenants and new renters to lower the rent or win other money-saving concessions. At drivetherentdown.com, people can easily inform themselves and learn key …
Are You a Renter in California? Here are New Trends You’ll Want to Know
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rental housing market in California has most definitely changed. More landlords are offering specials, and rents have lowered — although those decreases started at very high price levels and …
COVID-19 Exposed Longtime Housing and Homelessness Problems. Will Politicians Do More than Short-Term Solutions?
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing has become alarmingly clear: middle- and working-class Americans need long-term solutions for major problems that have impacted them for years. That especially applies to the housing …
President Joe Biden Says Housing Is a Right. It’s a Game Changer.
With the recent unveiling of the COVID-19 relief package, the Biden Administration made a simple, yet extraordinary statement: housing is a right. That powerful concept can dramatically impact housing and homelessness policies for the better. …
Will Lawmakers Fully Embrace AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s Model To Quickly Produce More Housing?
Years before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, AIDS Healthcare Foundation created a housing model to urgently address Los Angeles’ worsening homelessness crisis. State and local officials in California are now following AHF’s lead, but they must …
For Renters, the COVID-19 Pandemic May Be A Long-Term Economic Disaster
While many billionaires have only gotten richer during the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of renters, in California and throughout the country, are facing an economic disaster that may impact their lives for years to come. And …
UPDATE: Big Real Estate Shelled Out Nearly $100 Million to Stop Prop 21
Perhaps in an effort to fly under the radar, corporate landlords such as Essex Property Trust, Equity Residential, and AvalonBay Communities have recently shelled out even more millions in campaign contributions to No on Prop …
Housing Is A Human Right’s Advocacy Highlights of 2020
In 2020, Housing Is A Human Right fought tenaciously on the behalf of Californians, carrying out our mission of the “3 Ps”: protect tenants, preserve communities, and produce housing. In 2021, we’ll continue to fight …
Housing Is A Human Right Unveils ‘Renters & Landlords Survival Fund’
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, renters have lost work, can’t pay the rent, and face an eviction tsunami. Small landlords are also struggling to stay afloat. Californians need immediate solutions for this unfolding crisis. Housing …