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The Real Dirt: Corporate Landlords Target Black Tenants, Big Real Estate Delays Pro-Tenant Bill, the Shame of YIMBY

In Featured, News by Patrick Range McDonaldMay 28, 2025

The Real Dirt is a monthly column by award-winning advocacy journalist Patrick Range McDonald that exposes the real estate industry’s lies, scams, and other unscrupulous acts, which impact the lives of millions. UCLA delivered a …

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Predatory Corporate Landlords Target Black Tenants for Eviction, Says New UCLA Study

In Featured, News by Patrick Range McDonaldMay 27, 2025

A new study has found that predatory corporate landlords are targeting Black tenants for eviction in the Los Angeles area. The eye-popping report, carried out by a UCLA researcher, also found that Equity Residential, Essex …

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Scandal-Plagued Contributors Shell Out $102.5 Million to Kill Prop 33 and Silence AHF

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldOctober 1, 2024

Scandal-plagued contributors from the real estate industry have shelled out a shocking $102.5 million to kill Proposition 33 and pass Proposition 34 in California – and that number is only rising. The controversial donors include …

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Corporate Landlords and California Apartment Association Raise Nearly $55 Million to Kill Prop 33 and Pass Prop 34

In Stop CAA by Patrick Range McDonaldAugust 28, 2024

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 …

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Corporate Landlords Mired in RealPage Scandal are Funding Anti-Rent Control Effort in California

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldJuly 12, 2024

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, …

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Equity Residential, AvalonBay Communities, and Essex Property Trust are Top Contributors to Stop Rent Control Expansion in California

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldJuly 2, 2024

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 …

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With FBI Raid, RealPage Scandal Heats Up for Corporate Landlords in California and Other States

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldJune 5, 2024

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 …

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Why Are California Business Roundtable and Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles Using a Shell Game to Kill Rent Control?

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldMarch 20, 2024

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 …

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Who’s Funding Big Real Estate’s Sneaky Anti-Rent Control Effort in California? Here Are Their Names

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldFebruary 7, 2024

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 …

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Corporate Landlords Are Secretly Funneling Millions to Anti-Rent Control Campaigns in California

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldFebruary 6, 2024

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 …

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