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 …
Housing Is A Human Right Urges Gov. Gavin Newsom to Veto SB 9 and SB 10
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 …
Trickle-Down Housing is a Failure. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Trickle-down housing policy, pushed by the real estate industry and politicians, has been a colossal failure. It hasn’t built the affordable housing that’s needed for California’s housing affordability crisis, and it fuels gentrification in working-class …
Housing Is A Human Right Opposes California’s SB 9 and SB 10
Housing Is A Human Right strongly opposes California State Senate bills 9 (SB 9) and 10 (SB 10). These wrong-headed policies will be a boon for developers, but ignore the long-term, negative impacts on working-class …
Californians Can’t Afford the Rent. It’s Still Too Damn High!
After years of sky-rocketing rents in California, one thing has disturbingly remained the same: the rent is still too damn high. Recent data shows that the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Oakland metro …
With FEMA Picking Up the Tab, Will California Lawmakers House the Homeless?
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. …