Housing Is A Human Right presents another special report about the power players responsible for the housing affordability crisis. For this investigation, we examine Blackstone Group CEO and billionaire Stephen Schwarzman, one of the largest …
Barons of Big Real Estate Want You to Help Them Make Billions
In a few months, Californians will vote by mail or walk into the local polling place and decide if Proposition 21, the ballot measure that limits unfair rent increases, should be passed. For middle- and …
California’s Proposition 21 is a Movement About Justice, and Big Real Estate Is Scared Silly
From California to New York, the news has not been good. Millions losing their jobs and facing eviction. Unaffordable rents in every state in the nation. Homelessness surging in the suburbs. If there was ever …
California Apartment Association’s Barry Altshuler Doesn’t Want You to Know About Him
Outside the real estate industry, most Californians have never heard of Barry Altshuler, and he probably likes it that way. But as president of the California Apartment Association board of directors and executive vice president …
UPDATE: Top 10 Contributors Opposing Rent Control in California
Big Real Estate keeps pumping millions into campaigns that oppose Proposition 21, the November ballot measure that expands rent control in California. And in June, a new No on 21 committee was established, adding up …
Will the Corporate Greed of Essex Property Trust CEO Mike Schall Destroy California?
For Essex Property Trust CEO Mike Schall, it’s all about the money — no matter who gets hurt. Slamming seniors with huge rent increases and forcing them out of their homes is a standard way …
Is Billionaire Landlord Sam Zell the Quintessential Corporate Vulture?
Sam Zell, chairman of Equity Residential and Equity LifeStyle Properties, is worth $4.8 billion. He has more money than he knows what to do with. Yet as Californians struggle through the COVID-19 pandemic and housing …
California Apartment Association Seeks To Silence AHF, Stoops to New Low
The California Apartment Association is up to its dirty tricks again — and has stooped to a new low. Known for shelling out mounds of campaign cash to influence politicians and using bully tactics against …
Top 10 Real Estate Contributors That Oppose Rent Control in California
Despite a global pandemic that’s fueling mass unemployment in California, Big Real Estate has been contributing millions to stop the expansion of rent control through the Rental Affordability Act. Housing activists say rent control is …
During Pandemic, Landlords Thomas Coates and Jackie Safier Spend Big to Stop Rent Control
As the coronavirus pandemic unfolds, slamming middle- and working-class Californians who struggle to pay already sky-high rents, corporate landlords Thomas Coates and Jackie Safier (pictured above) have shelled out major campaign contributions to a committee …