For this coming election in California, corporate landlords have hired a small army of political consultants to kill a pro-rent control measure called the Justice for Renters Act and to pass an anti-AIDS Healthcare Foundation …
California YIMBY Joins Corporate Landlords to Kill Rent Control Measure
In a move that doesn’t surprise housing activists, California YIMBY, the land-use lobbying group for Big Tech, has officially opposed the Justice for Renters Act – the November ballot measure that seeks to end statewide …
Exclusive: Nation’s Largest Corporate Landlords are Banding Together to Kill Rent Control Measure in California
An exclusive Housing Is A Human Right investigation has found that 10 of the largest corporate landlords in the United States are banding together to stop a pro-rent control ballot measure in California, shelling out …
We Have the Power To Rein In Greedy Corporate Landlords
Week after week, there’s a new study about the life-altering consequences of sky-high rents or a new investigation about the destructive greed of corporate landlords. It may seem like a hopeless situation, but it’s not, …
More Than Half of Los Angeles Households are Drowning Under High Housing Costs, Says New Report
A disturbing new report by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has found that more than half of the households in the city of Los Angeles are drowning under high housing costs. Worse, …
Unaffordable Rents Linked to More Deaths, Says Eviction Lab
Over the years, Housing Is A Human Right has routinely said that the housing affordability crisis is a public health issue. Now Eviction Lab, the highly regarded research institute at Princeton University, has found that …
Why Are California Business Roundtable and Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles Using a Shell Game to Kill Rent Control?
A Housing Is A Human Right investigation has found that the California Business Roundtable and the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles are using a shell game to finance their effort to kill the expansion …
Who’s Funding Big Real Estate’s Sneaky Anti-Rent Control Effort in California? Here Are Their Names
Housing Is A Human Right recently revealed that the California Apartment Association and corporate landlords are playing a sneaky shell game to fund their anti-rent control effort in California, trying to avoid scrutiny from the …
Federal Judge Says Tenants Can Move Forward With Lawsuit Against RealPage and Corporate Landlords
December 28 wasn’t a good day for RealPage and corporate landlords Essex Property Trust, Equity Residential, and Camden Property Trust. That was when Chief U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw ruled that tenants in multiple states, …
The Collapse of the YIMBY House of Cards
YIMBYism has hit a rough patch. “Yes In My Back Yard” built its reputation on a series of false premises that have been propped up by boatloads of Big Real Estate and Big Tech money. …