Since World War I, rent control has been an effective tool to protect middle- and working-class Americans against predatory landlords and skyrocketing rents. That was especially true during World War II and when rampant inflation …
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Committed to Solving Housing Affordability and Homelessness Crises
AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the parent organization of Housing Is A Human Right, has again shown its commitment to urgently solve the housing affordability and homelessness crises. The nonprofit has purchased a majority stake in Crate Modular, …
Corporate Landlords Use the California Apartment Association to Carry Out Greed-Driven Agenda
In 2022, controversial corporate landlords Essex Property Trust, Equity Residential, and AvalonBay Communities quietly contributed massive sums to a California Apartment Association political committee, which then delivered $125,000 to an anti-rent control campaign in Pasadena. …
California Tenants Slap Lawsuits Against RealPage and Corporate Landlords
At least four major lawsuits have been filed by California tenants against RealPage and its corporate clients for allegedly colluding to inflate rents. Last October, ProPublica published a devastating investigative report that found RealPage, through …
National Homelessness Crisis Worsens. Americans Need Rent Control.
The Wall Street Journal published a disturbing report this week, revealing that the “number of homeless people counted on streets and in shelters around the U.S. has broadly risen this year.” At the same time, …
Californians Are Homeless Because Rent Is Too High, New Study Finds
A new, wide-ranging study by the University of California San Francisco has found that Californians are homeless because sky-high rents are forcing people into the streets. Researchers surveyed nearly 3,200 people and learned that their …
Housing Is A Human Right Book Finalist for Los Angeles Press Club Award
Housing Is A Human Right’s must-read book Selling Off California: The Untold Story has been chosen as a finalist for a Los Angeles Press Club award. Selling Off California exposes the powerful alliances and devastating …
LGBTQ+ Tenants Need Rent Control
Studies have long indicated that the LGBTQ+ community needs rent control. That’s because LGBTQ+ people are more likely to rent than own a home, which means they’re constantly dealing with the predatory tactics of the …
Housing Is A Human Right Delivers More Than 800,000 Signatures for Rent Control Initiative
On Thursday, May 25, Housing Is A Human Right and its parent organization, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, delivered more than 800,000 signatures to California officials to repeal statewide rent control restrictions through a 2024 ballot measure. …
Housing Is A Human Right Applauds President Joe Biden’s New Homelessness Plan
Housing Is A Human Right applauds President Joe Biden on his ALL INside initiative, a new homelessness plan, to provide the state of California, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, and the Phoenix metropolitan area with …