Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom is celebrating his signing of Assembly Bill 1482, which frames itself as providing the nation’s strongest statewide renter protections. Unfortunately, AB 1482 is insufficient in providing relief to California’s 17 million …
Rental Affordability Act Hits Another Major Milestone with 500,000 Signatures
In less than three months, California rent control advocates have gathered more than 500,000 voter signatures for the Rental Affordability Act, the statewide ballot measure that allows local communities to expand rent control. Voters are …
2020 California Rent Control Measure Clears 50 Percent Signature Threshold
In just two short months, rent control advocates in California have collected more than 325,000 signatures for the Rental Affordability Act, a statewide ballot measure that will allow local communities to expand rent control in California. …
Rental Affordability Act Surpasses Key Threshold For Statewide Ballot
Rent control advocates have collected 195,309 signatures for the Rental Affordability Act, the statewide ballot measure that will allow local communities to expand rent control in California. The total collected so far by the organizations leading …
Californians Overwhelmingly Support Rental Affordability Act
California voters overwhelmingly support the expansion of rent control policies and a proposed ballot initiative, the Rental Affordability Act (RAA), according to a new poll commissioned by AIDS Healthcare Foundation. The poll was conducted at …
Housing Is A Human Right Exposes Billionaire Landlord Stephen Schwarzman
With the unveiling of a new website, Housing Is A Human Right turns the spotlight on the real estate industry’s predatory, greed-driven agenda that’s fueling the housing affordability crisis in California and across the nation. …
‘3 Ps’ Is Best Solution For Housing Affordability And Homelessness Crises
To maximize profits, the real estate industry has long pushed a trickle-down, luxury-housing agenda, fueling gentrification and the housing affordability and homelessness crises. It’s time for a shift — to more humane, logical housing policies …
The Housing Affordability Crisis Fuels L.A.’s Homeless Emergency
The 16 percent and 12 percent jumps in homelessness in Los Angeles city and county, respectively, sadly underline that we are facing a devastating humanitarian crisis. In total, there are 58,936 homeless people in L.A. …
Unfair Rents and Gentrification Spark People Power in Sacramento
Across the street from the California State Capitol, during her lunch break, Erica Jaramillo, a government worker and Sacramento Tenants Union member, contemplates the frontline battles of the housing affordability crisis. The sudden evictions, the …
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Boldly Tackles Housing Affordability Crisis
For 32 years, AIDS Healthcare Foundation has boldly tackled public health crises — from the AIDS epidemic to sexually transmitted disease outbreaks to the deadly Ebola crisis in Africa. That’s especially true when governments and …