The other week, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said, at a “Pancakes and Politics” forum, that she’d give herself a “B+” for her work on homelessness. She should look at her record again. In terms …
Homelessness Among Seniors Spikes in Los Angeles County, But It’s Not Hopeless
Near the very end of the report for the most recent Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, there’s a statistic that hasn’t gotten much media attention, but is extremely alarming: homelessness among adults aged 55 or …
Is California State Senate Candidate Brian Goldsmith Connected to Anti-Rent Control Corporate Landlord Blackstone?
California State Senate candidate Brian Goldsmith has some explaining to do… His nonprofit has direct financial ties to corporate landlord Blackstone Group, which spent millions of dollars to kill pro-rent control measures in California, and …
Will Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Utilize Long-Term Solutions for the Homelessness Crisis?
The Los Angeles Times recently reported a number of unsettling findings about how Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is addressing the homelessness crisis, revealing that 40 percent of unhoused participants of her Inside Safe program …
The Citywide Devastation of the Ellis Act in Los Angeles
Since 2001, the Ellis Act, a controversial state law that allows landlords to evict tenants in rent-controlled buildings and turn them into pricey condominiums and boutique hotels, has devastated Los Angeles’s affordable housing stock. From …
Predatory Corporate Landlords Target Black Tenants for Eviction, Says New UCLA Study
A new study has found that predatory corporate landlords are targeting Black tenants for eviction in the Los Angeles area. The eye-popping report, carried out by a UCLA researcher, also found that Equity Residential, Essex …
‘Stop the Red Tape’ Protest: Housing Is A Human Right to Wrap LA City Hall in Red Tape Ribbon
For the first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in the Grants Pass case, which allowed for the criminalization of the unhoused community, Housing Is A Human Right and the Los Angeles office of …
Invitation Homes, A Notorious Corporate Landlord, Rips Off Tenants in Los Angeles
Invitation Homes, one of the largest corporate landlords of single-family home rentals in the United States, is ripping off tenants again. This time, the company pulled a bait and switch on a Los Angeles couple …
Housing Is A Human Right Implores California Apartment Association to Call For Rent Freezes
On the heels of widespread reports of rent gouging in Southern California following its recent apocalyptic wildfires, Housing Is A Human Right, the housing advocacy division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, implores the California Apartment Association, …
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, …