Today, the California State Senate Housing Committee approved State Sen. Scott Wiener’s fundamentally flawed, trickle-down housing bill, SB 50. We’re disappointed, but not surprised. Housing Is A Human Right will continue to fight on the …
California’s SB 50, A Luxury-Housing Bill, Is Fundamentally Flawed
Housing Is A Human Right (HHR), the housing advocacy division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, releases the following statement on California State Sen. Scott Wiener’s bill SB 50. HHR Director René Christian Moya is available for …
Selling Out California: Scott Wiener’s Money Ties to Big Real Estate
Housing Is A Human Right has released today a special report about California State Sen. Scott Wiener’s troubling financial connections to the real estate industry. It reveals that Wiener — who aggressively pushes a controversial …
Californians Want Rent Control
In his recent column for CALmatters, Dan Walters argues that two state bills that would reform the problematic Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act and institute anti-rent gouging would defy the “will of the voters” after the …
Will Federal ‘Opportunity Zones’ Hyper-Gentrify America?
Wall Street is euphoric over federal “opportunity zones.” Many local politicians are wild with excitement. Accelerator for America, a kind of think-tank founded by U.S. mayors, will soon hold a summit at Stanford University to …
Is California State Sen. Scott Wiener’s Trickle-Down Housing Bill a Scam?
On February 18, Housing Is A Human Right released an investigative report, “The Garcetti-fication of Los Angeles: A Gentrification Cautionary Tale.” We examined, among other things, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti’s embrace of trickle-down housing. Housing activists …
2020 Presidential Candidates Must Address Housing Affordability Crisis
Senior citizens forced into substandard housing. Working-class families pushed into homelessness. People of color shoved out of their longtime communities. College students sleeping in their cars, if they have a car. The cause? Americans are …
The Garcetti-fication of Los Angeles: A Gentrification Cautionary Tale
Housing Is A Human Right has released today a special report about government-sanctioned gentrification in Los Angeles. Mayor Eric Garcetti stands at the center of this important exposé. The largely untold story is a must-read …
Housing Is A Human Right Says LA City Hall Corruption Fuels Gentrification
At Los Angeles City Hall on Friday, Housing Is A Human Right denounced pay-to-play, spot zoning, and other troubling land-use practices by L.A. politicians that are fueling a citywide gentrification crisis. Activists have long told …
Housing Is A Human Right Applauds Gov. Gavin Newsom For Addressing Soaring Rents
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and its housing advocacy division, Housing Is A Human Right (HHR), applaud California Gov. Gavin Newsom for providing leadership in addressing the state’s devastating housing affordability and homeless crises. Unfair, excessive …