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 …
2020 California Rent Control Measure Clears 50 Percent Signature Threshold
In just two short months, rent control advocates in California have collected more than 325,000 signatures for the Rental Affordability Act, a statewide ballot measure that will allow local communities to expand rent control in California. …
Tenants and Activists Say ‘The Rent Is Too Damn High!’
Slammed by sky-rocketing rents and unscrupulous developers and landlords, Southern California tenants and housing justice activists banded together in Downtown Los Angeles on Thursday to kick off rent-control and tenant protections campaigns. The show of …
Housing is a Public Health Issue
From the American Public Health Association to the World Health Organization, experts agree that affordable, sanitary housing is essential for good health — and for healthy communities. Treating hundreds of thousands of lower-income patients around …
West Hollywood City Council Endorses Ballot Initiative to Repeal Costa-Hawkins
On Monday, March 5, West Hollywood City Council joined tenant groups, community organizations and unions in endorsing the Affordable Housing Act, unanimously passing a resolution in support of the ballot initiative that would repeal the …
Repeal Costa-Hawkins Movement Makes Big Impact at California Democratic Convention
The rallying cry was heard over and over, throughout the San Diego Convention Center, at the California Democratic Party Convention last week: “The rent! The rent! Is too damn high!” Waving signs and banging drums, …
Housing Is A Human Right Disappointed in Costa-Hawkins Defeat
Housing Is A Human Right, the housing advocacy division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), issued the following statement in response to the failure of the California State Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee to move …