This past weekend, inside the Morningside High School gymnasium in Inglewood, hundreds of housing activists and renters, of all ages and colors, sat together in the bleachers and talked solutions. In front of them, Lupe …
Housing Is A Human Right Criticizes Insufficient AB 1482 Rent-Gouging Bill
Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom is celebrating his signing of Assembly Bill 1482, which frames itself as providing the nation’s strongest statewide renter protections. Unfortunately, AB 1482 is insufficient in providing relief to California’s 17 million …
Rental Affordability Act Hits Another Major Milestone with 500,000 Signatures
In less than three months, California rent control advocates have gathered more than 500,000 voter signatures for the Rental Affordability Act, the statewide ballot measure that allows local communities to expand rent control. Voters are …
‘GNTRIFIED’ Billboards Hit Inaction on Housing Affordability Crisis
Housing justice advocates from AIDS Healthcare Foundation launched this week “GNTRIFIED,” the latest Los Angeles-area billboard campaign to spotlight inaction on the housing affordability crisis and the role gentrification plays in the spiraling homeless epidemic in …
Rental Affordability Act Surpasses Key Threshold For Statewide Ballot
Rent control advocates have collected 195,309 signatures for the Rental Affordability Act, the statewide ballot measure that will allow local communities to expand rent control in California. The total collected so far by the organizations leading …
Californians Overwhelmingly Support Rental Affordability Act
California voters overwhelmingly support the expansion of rent control policies and a proposed ballot initiative, the Rental Affordability Act (RAA), according to a new poll commissioned by AIDS Healthcare Foundation. The poll was conducted at …
California’s Housing Affordability Crisis Demands the Rental Affordability Act
Californians are getting slammed by a devastating, ongoing housing affordability crisis. They need help now. Top experts at prestigious colleges such as USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Columbia University agree that rent control is a …
Housing Is A Human Right Exposes Billionaire Landlord Stephen Schwarzman
With the unveiling of a new website, Housing Is A Human Right turns the spotlight on the real estate industry’s predatory, greed-driven agenda that’s fueling the housing affordability crisis in California and across the nation. …
‘3 Ps’ Is Best Solution For Housing Affordability And Homelessness Crises
To maximize profits, the real estate industry has long pushed a trickle-down, luxury-housing agenda, fueling gentrification and the housing affordability and homelessness crises. It’s time for a shift — to more humane, logical housing policies …
The Housing Affordability Crisis Fuels L.A.’s Homeless Emergency
The 16 percent and 12 percent jumps in homelessness in Los Angeles city and county, respectively, sadly underline that we are facing a devastating humanitarian crisis. In total, there are 58,936 homeless people in L.A. …