In recent months, a growing list of top experts, including academics from USC, UCLA, and UC Berkeley, have been debunking anti-rent control arguments. Now Columbia University Business School Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh joins the ranks. …
TV Ad Slams State Sen. Scott Wiener For Pushing Gentrification
A TV advertisement and mailer by Housing Is A Human Right and AIDS Healthcare Foundation slam California State Sen. Scott Wiener for his trickle-down housing, pro-gentrification bill SB 50. The ad and mailer feature renowned …
Scott Wiener’s Appalling Legacy as San Francisco Supervisor
Before Scott Wiener became a state senator in 2016, he served as a San Francisco supervisor for six years. Known as a “corporate Democrat,” he aggressively pushed policies that benefited his campaigns contributors in the …
Scott Wiener’s SB 50 Must Build More Affordable Housing to Address Crisis
Last week, California State Sen. Scott Wiener said he would refine his controversial, trickle-down housing bill, SB 50. Housing Is A Human Right, the housing advocacy division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, demands that any changes …
California Needs Rent Control to Urgently Address Housing Affordability Crisis
California’s housing affordability crisis is devastating the middle- and working-class. It’s an emergency that’s impacting millions—and unfolding right now. We need urgent solutions. Housing Is A Human Right, the housing advocacy division of AIDS Healthcare …
Housing Is A Human Right Continues to Oppose Trickle-Down Housing Bill SB 50
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 …
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 …