The California Apartment Association, the powerful lobbying group for many of the largest corporate landlords in the country, has raised $54.2 million to kill Proposition 33 and pass Proposition 34. Eighty percent of that money …
Corporate Landlords Mired in RealPage Scandal are Funding Anti-Rent Control Effort in California
Five corporate landlords mired in the RealPage scandal are also shelling out millions to stop Proposition 33, the November ballot measure that expands rent control in California. Corporate landlords Equity Residential, Essex Property Trust, Greystar, …
Equity Residential, AvalonBay Communities, and Essex Property Trust are Top Contributors to Stop Rent Control Expansion in California
Equity Residential, AvalonBay Communities, and Essex Property Trust are the top contributors of Big Real Estate’s multi-million-dollar blitz to stop the expansion of rent control in California. The three companies, who are among the largest …
With FBI Raid, RealPage Scandal Heats Up for Corporate Landlords in California and Other States
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has raided the offices of Cortland Management, a corporate landlord that uses the controversial RealPage software program to jack up rents. It’s a clear sign that the RealPage scandal is …
Why Are California Business Roundtable and Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles Using a Shell Game to Kill Rent Control?
A Housing Is A Human Right investigation has found that the California Business Roundtable and the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles are using a shell game to finance their effort to kill the expansion …
Who’s Funding Big Real Estate’s Sneaky Anti-Rent Control Effort in California? Here Are Their Names
Housing Is A Human Right recently revealed that the California Apartment Association and corporate landlords are playing a sneaky shell game to fund their anti-rent control effort in California, trying to avoid scrutiny from the …
Corporate Landlords Are Secretly Funneling Millions to Anti-Rent Control Campaigns in California
Real estate companies have never been wild about transparency, routinely hiding behind LPs and LLCs so the public doesn’t know who owns a property. Corporate landlords are now taking that shadiness to another level, secretly …
Federal Judge Says Tenants Can Move Forward With Lawsuit Against RealPage and Corporate Landlords
December 28 wasn’t a good day for RealPage and corporate landlords Essex Property Trust, Equity Residential, and Camden Property Trust. That was when Chief U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw ruled that tenants in multiple states, …
Rent Control is Only Way to Rein In Corporate Landlords
Time and again, Californians have seen that rent control is the only way to rein in the predatory business practices of corporate landlords. From the ongoing RealPage Scandal to the “Dirty Deeds” section of The …
Will the California Apartment Association’s Billionaires Club Destroy California?
A new Housing Is A Human Right investigation has found that a group of multi-billion-dollar real estate companies have shelled out millions to the California Apartment Association’s political committees, aiming to upend state and local …