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UPDATE: AB 1482, an ‘Anti-Rent Gouging’ Law, Fails California Tenants

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldAugust 3, 2022

Update, November 8, 2022: A new UC Berkeley Terner Center report says AB 1482 isn’t working for tenants —  and may never work if reforms don’t take place. Despite how the real estate industry frames …

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Corporate Landlords’ Excessive Rents Fuel Homelessness. Rent Control Will Save Lives.

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldMarch 24, 2022

A recent study shows that in cities where people spend more than 32 percent of their take-home pay on rent, a spike in homelessness will follow. With corporate landlords setting excessive prices in rental housing …

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U.S. Renters Paid a Staggering $4.5 Trillion to Landlords, According to Zillow

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldFebruary 12, 2021

A little more than a year ago, Zillow, the real estate site, came out with an eye-popping statistic: between 2010 and 2019, renters in the United States paid landlords a staggering $4.5 trillion. That’s not …

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Housing Is A Human Right Creates Website to ‘Drive the Rent Down’

In News by Housing Is A Human RightFebruary 11, 2021

Housing Is A Human Right has created a special website for current tenants and new renters to lower the rent or win other money-saving concessions. At drivetherentdown.com, people can easily inform themselves and learn key …

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‘3 Ps’ Is Best Solution For Housing Affordability And Homelessness Crises

In News by Housing Is A Human RightJune 11, 2019

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 …

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California’s SB 50, A Luxury-Housing Bill, Is Fundamentally Flawed

In News by Housing Is A Human RightMarch 31, 2019

Housing Is A Human Right (HHR), the housing advocacy division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, releases the following statement on California State Sen. Scott Wiener’s bill SB 50. HHR Director René Christian Moya is available for …

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Is California State Sen. Scott Wiener’s Trickle-Down Housing Bill a Scam?

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldFebruary 26, 2019

On February 18, Housing Is A Human Right released an investigative report, “The Garcetti-fication of Los Angeles: A Gentrification Cautionary Tale.” We examined, among other things, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti’s embrace of trickle-down housing. Housing activists …

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2020 Presidential Candidates Must Address Housing Affordability Crisis

In News by Patrick Range McDonaldFebruary 21, 2019

Senior citizens forced into substandard housing. Working-class families pushed into homelessness. People of color shoved out of their longtime communities. College students sleeping in their cars, if they have a car. The cause? Americans are …

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