Nearly 10 years ago, on July 28, 2016, Zillow Chief Economist Dr. Svenja Gudell released a “Zillow analysis” about the kinds of apartments built in America – luxury units compared to affordable. It was a …
Corporate Landlords Delivered Big Cash to Little-Known California Apartment Association Committee in 2025
In 2025, corporate landlords, many of whom are among the largest in the United States, delivered major cash to the California Apartment Association Independent Expenditure. That little-known political committee is used by Big Real Estate …
Rent Control is One Part of the Answer
Whenever billionaire corporate landlords and YIMBYs counter pro-rent control advocates, they routinely use a false argument: rent control alone won’t solve the housing affordability crisis. It’s a false argument because housing activists have never made …
The Real Dirt: RealPage Scandal, Predatory Landlords, People Power
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. It’s been three years since …
The Real Dirt: Capital Realty Group, Billionaire Steve Schwarzman, Corporate YIMBYs
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. For the past several weeks, …
Tenants and Activists Around the World Must Band Together to Fight Corporate Landlords
One of the big stories developing in the United States recently is that tenants and activists in cities all over the country have been banding together to fight Capital Realty Group, a New York-based corporate …
The Real Dirt: California YIMBY and Big Tech Kill Tenant Protections, YIMBY Action Parties Hard, Following Big Real Estate’s Money
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. This month, Housing Is A …
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Housing Is A Human Right has published numerous special reports and articles over the years, including our investigation that won the “Best Activism Journalism” award from the Los Angeles Press Club (see below). They provide …
California Apartment Association Uses Deep-Pocketed Influence to Delay Crucial Pro-Tenant Bill
Once again, the California Apartment Association has shown that it only cares about guarding Big Real Estate’s outsized profits by delaying a crucial state bill that would have helped millions of tenants struggling through the …
The Real Dirt: The RealPage Scandal, Big Real Estate Hires Fake Activists, Reining In the Oligarchs
The Real Dirt is a regular 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. Big news came …