After years of sky-rocketing rents in California, one thing has disturbingly remained the same: the rent is still too damn high. Recent data shows that the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Oakland metro …
L.A. Politicians Must Quickly Produce More Homeless Housing
Today, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a motion that instructs city agencies to provide a report about city-owned properties that can be used for temporary or permanent homeless housing. Housing Is A Human …
Never Forget the Corporate Landlords Who Want All Your Money
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 …
COVID-19 Exposed Longtime Housing and Homelessness Problems. Will Politicians Do More than Short-Term Solutions?
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing has become alarmingly clear: middle- and working-class Americans need long-term solutions for major problems that have impacted them for years. That especially applies to the housing …
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Rolls Out Comprehensive Housing Platform
In 1987, AIDS Healthcare Foundation was founded in Los Angeles as a housing and medical-care provider for terminally-ill AIDS patients. Decades later, in California and throughout the country, AHF’s patients have been negatively impacted by …
President Joe Biden Says Housing Is a Right. It’s a Game Changer.
With the recent unveiling of the COVID-19 relief package, the Biden Administration made a simple, yet extraordinary statement: housing is a right. That powerful concept can dramatically impact housing and homelessness policies for the better. …
Will Lawmakers Fully Embrace AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s Model To Quickly Produce More Housing?
Years before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, AIDS Healthcare Foundation created a housing model to urgently address Los Angeles’ worsening homelessness crisis. State and local officials in California are now following AHF’s lead, but they must …
For Renters, the COVID-19 Pandemic May Be A Long-Term Economic Disaster
While many billionaires have only gotten richer during the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of renters, in California and throughout the country, are facing an economic disaster that may impact their lives for years to come. And …
After Prop 21, A Statewide Coalition for Stronger Renter Protections Moves Forward
While Proposition 21 was defeated on Election Day, more than 340 housing justice groups, social justice organizations, labor unions, and political leaders enthusiastically endorsed the ballot measure. With the housing affordability and homelessness crises still …
What About the Vulnerable Still Suffering After Prop 21’s Defeat?
The survival of American democracy displaced the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and California’s wildfires as the center of addictive attention in the weeks just before and after the 2020 Election. Fights over local races and ballot initiatives were …