A Housing Is A Human Right investigation has found that the real estate industry, including the California Apartment Association and notorious landlord Russell Flynn, have shelled out $153,816 to California State Senator Scott Wiener’s 2020 …
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 …
In California, Big Real Estate Spent $77.3 Million To Stop Rent Control
A Housing Is A Human Right investigation found that powerful, real estate players shelled out a whopping $77.3 million to stop Proposition 10 in California. They spent heavily to halt the grassroots effort to urgently …
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 …
AHF Addresses Housing Solutions at Sanders Institute’s The Gathering
AIDS Healthcare Foundation will address housing justice issues at the Sanders Institute’s The Gathering this week. The progressive think-tank was co-founded by Jane Sanders, the wife of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. Healthy Housing Foundation, AHF’s …
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 …