California’s housing affordability and homelessness crises need a muscular response from local and state legislators. With today’s release of Governor Gavin Newsom’s state budget, Housing Is A Human Right is encouraged that the governor is …
Frontline Activist Sees the Real-Life Damage of Housing Affordability Crisis
Georgina Serrano, an enthusiastic, big-hearted woman, is a community organizer in Los Angeles for Inquilinos Unidos, a housing justice nonprofit. She works, each day, on the frontlines of California’s housing affordability crisis. She’s never seen …
Runaway Corporate Landlord Greed Threatens A Family’s Way of Life
Derek Steele is an activist — but first and foremost a father and husband. When he and his wife were hit with two major rent increases in the past two years, with nothing to protect …
Unfair Rents in California Impact A New Father and His Community
Mike Van Gorder and his wife live in a modest apartment on a quiet, tree-lined street in Glendale, a small city 10 miles north of Downtown Los Angeles. They have been married for five years, …
Proposition 10 Election Results Show Key Victories for Broad Housing Coalition
Proposition 10 forced a robust public debate about access to affordable housing throughout California, galvanizing policymakers and advocates who are profoundly frustrated at the insidious acceleration of homelessness caused by persistent, excessive increases in rental …
What Are the Ethics of Gentrification?
By Alexandra Staub When large companies move into an area, politicians often proclaim how the new business will create jobs, increase tax revenues, and thus lead to economic growth. This is one reason local governments offer tax incentives to …
More Than 525 Organizations and Leaders Form Diverse Housing Coalition in California
During California’s Proposition 10 campaign, 527 organizations and civic leaders endorsed the statewide ballot measure that would have allowed cities and counties to expand rent control policies. Prop 10 was not approved, but a broad …
The Battle for Fair, Affordable Housing Has Only Just Begun, Says AHF
As Proposition 10 supporters gathered in Hollywood to watch returns on the statewide ballot initiative that would have ended restrictions on rent control in California, Michael Weinstein, one of the citizen proponents of Prop 10 …
Housing Activists Disrupt State Senator Scott Wiener’s Appearance at UCLA Anderson Economic Outlook
(UPDATE, 12/7/18: California State Sen. Scott Wiener is now rebooting his pro-gentrification, fatally flawed bill SB 827. Killed in committee earlier this year, it has a different title — SB 50 — but the bill still …
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Provides More Homeless Housing
In only six months, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, has bought its third property to urgently address Los Angeles’ homeless crisis. The historic King Edward Hotel, in Downtown LA, will offer housing …