Election Day is only weeks away, so Housing Is A Human Right is rolling out a November 2022 Voter Guide for California. We’re mostly focused on ballot measures that will help solve the housing affordability …
Stephen Schwarzman, Staunch Foe of Rent Control, Buys Lavish Estate in England
While millions of renters struggle to make ends meet, corporate landlord Stephen Schwarzman, whose company spent mountains of cash to successfully kill rent control ballot measures in California, has bought another multi-million-dollar mansion, according to …
Across the US, Movements Continue to Rise Up to End Rent Control Bans
Across the United States, grassroots movements continue to rise up to end statewide rent control bans. In California, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New Mexico, activists have worked to repeal or reform rent control restrictions, and movements …
Five Horrible Political Decisions That Fueled LA’s Homelessness Crisis
The homelessness crisis in Los Angeles didn’t happen out of nowhere. Over the years, horrible political decisions made by elected leaders on the state and local levels fueled the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe – between 2020 …
Academic Heavyweights to Naysayers: Rent Control Works
It wasn’t long ago that researchers at the University of Southern California, UC Berkeley, and UCLA released key studies that found rent control is an effective tool to keep people housed and to stabilize the …
Housing Is A Human Right Investigation Uncovers Shocking Facts About LA’s Vacant SROs
As part of its “Save Our SROs” advocacy campaign, Housing Is A Human Right has found more than 4,600 housing units in the Downtown Los Angeles area that are sitting vacant or are waiting to …
Homelessness Harms Students. Rent Control Will Protect Them.
A recent article by LA School Report shows the devastating impacts of homelessness on students in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Students across the United States are undoubtedly facing the same issues. To prevent …
Housing Is A Human Right Unveils Adaptive Reuse Exhibit in Downtown LA
On Friday, August 5, Housing Is A Human Right and its parent organization, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, unveiled an adaptive reuse exhibit in Downtown Los Angeles at the Barclay Hotel. It explains how the adaptive reuse …
UPDATE: AB 1482, an ‘Anti-Rent Gouging’ Law, Fails California Tenants
Update, November 8, 2022: A new UC Berkeley Terner Center report says AB 1482 isn’t working for tenants — and may never work if reforms don’t take place. Despite how the real estate industry frames …
Stephen Schwarzman, Fierce Foe of Rent Control, Lands on Top 25 List of Wealthiest Americans
Corporate landlord Stephen Schwarzman, the controversial CEO of Blackstone Group, has been ranked by CEOWorld magazine as the one of the 25 wealthiest people in the United States. In 2018 and 2020, Blackstone shelled out …