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Tenants Hit Back. RealPage and Corporate Landlords Face More Than 20 Lawsuits.

In Featured, News by Patrick Range McDonaldJanuary 17, 2023

Across the country, tenants are hitting back after a ProPublica investigation found that RealPage, a Big Tech firm based in Texas, helps a cartel of corporate landlords to wildly inflate rents. So far, RealPage and …

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Big Real Estate Wanted to Keep Charging Excessive Rents. So It Spent $175 Million to Kill Rent Control in California.

In Featured, News by Patrick Range McDonaldDecember 1, 2022

In 2018 and 2020, Big Real Estate spent a total of $175.4 million to kill rent control ballot measures in California, aggressively protecting its ability to charge higher and higher rents. Two years later, several …

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RealPage Scandal Widens, Big Tech Firm and Corporate Landlords Slapped with Another Lawsuit

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldNovember 7, 2022

The RealPage scandal continues to widen, with the Big Tech firm slapped with a second lawsuit. This time, the legal action was taken in Seattle over “collusion claims” on student housing, according to Bloomberg Law. …

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Equity Residential and Essex Property Trust Dragged Into RealPage Scandal. It’s Hardly A Shocker.

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldOctober 26, 2022

A little more than a week ago, an explosive ProPublica investigation revealed the shady business practices of RealPage, a Big Tech firm that sells a software program that helps corporate landlords charge inflated rents. Now …

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California Apartment Association and Big Real Estate Influence Political Races Throughout California

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldJune 6, 2022

With election season upon us, journalists and voters should take another look at our special report about how the California Apartment Association and Big Real Estate deliver campaign contributions to politicians in every level of …

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Top 5 Worst Corporate Landlords (Corporate YIMBYs Win Honorable Mention)

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldApril 5, 2022

As corporate landlords keep setting sky-high prices in the rental housing market, tenants are getting slammed by unfair rents, more evictions, and more homelessness. Known for their predatory business practices, corporate landlords also shell out …

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Corporate Landlords’ Excessive Rents Fuel Homelessness. Rent Control Will Save Lives.

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldMarch 24, 2022

A recent study shows that in cities where people spend more than 32 percent of their take-home pay on rent, a spike in homelessness will follow. With corporate landlords setting excessive prices in rental housing …

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Special Investigation: California Apartment Association’s Deep-Pocketed Campaign To Kill Tenant Protections

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldNovember 13, 2021

Housing Is A Human Right routinely publishes special reports about the real estate industry and the politicians and YIMBYs who carry out Big Real Estate’s agenda. One of our reports — “The Garcetti-fication of Los …

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U.S. Renters Paid a Staggering $4.5 Trillion to Landlords, According to Zillow

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldFebruary 12, 2021

A little more than a year ago, Zillow, the real estate site, came out with an eye-popping statistic: between 2010 and 2019, renters in the United States paid landlords a staggering $4.5 trillion. That’s not …

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Never Forget the Corporate Landlords Who Want All Your Money

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldJanuary 27, 2021

As we head deeper into 2021, renters in California and across the nation should never forget the small but powerful group of corporate landlords who shelled out a staggering $66.5 million to kill the expansion …

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