Housing Is A Human Right
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Housing Is A Human Right is the housing advocacy division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation. We fight for what's right! https://www.housingisahumanright.org/
"They can’t afford to move. And they can’t afford to stay. This is life for many when private equity buys the land out from under you."
Only rent control reins in corporate landlords.
Only rent control reins in corporate landlords.
Why private equity sees a moneymaker in B-N's mobile home parks
Oak Wood's move into Bloomington-Normal is part of a nationwide trend toward consolidation in manufactured home park ownership, often led by private equity acquisitions. Oak Wood even got help from Fr...
www.wglt.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"They can’t afford to move. And they can’t afford to stay. This is life for many when private equity buys the land out from under you."
Only rent control reins in corporate landlords.
Only rent control reins in corporate landlords.
A compelling argument for rent control made by a collective in Cape Town, South Africa.
It shows that hard-working people around the world are dealing with a housing affordability crisis -- and that rent control is a tool that can help.
It shows that hard-working people around the world are dealing with a housing affordability crisis -- and that rent control is a tool that can help.
Cape Town needs rent control. Here are six ways we could do it
Renting a home close to the city has become unaffordable even for many middle-class households
groundup.org.za
November 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A compelling argument for rent control made by a collective in Cape Town, South Africa.
It shows that hard-working people around the world are dealing with a housing affordability crisis -- and that rent control is a tool that can help.
It shows that hard-working people around the world are dealing with a housing affordability crisis -- and that rent control is a tool that can help.
Los Angeles tenants need strong protections against predatory landlords.
The California Apartment Association, the front powerful front group for corporate landlords, is once again telling lies.
The California Apartment Association, the front powerful front group for corporate landlords, is once again telling lies.
LA reforms rent control for first time in 40 years, lowering rent hikes for most tenants
Under the reforms approved by a majority of City Council members, rent hikes would be capped at 4%, even if inflation in the overall economy runs higher.
laist.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Los Angeles tenants need strong protections against predatory landlords.
The California Apartment Association, the front powerful front group for corporate landlords, is once again telling lies.
The California Apartment Association, the front powerful front group for corporate landlords, is once again telling lies.
Read an excellent exposé about Big Real Estate spending millions to sway elections in California by our award-winning advocacy journalist Patrick Range McDonald.
It's a must-read!
It's a must-read!
Exposé: Big Real Estate's Money Trail to Kill Rent Control Measure in California
The untold story of how corporate landlords spent millions so they could keep charging unfair rents.
macdomhnalls.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Read an excellent exposé about Big Real Estate spending millions to sway elections in California by our award-winning advocacy journalist Patrick Range McDonald.
It's a must-read!
It's a must-read!
They should add rent gouging tenants.
Rent control now!
Rent control now!
DRE Urges California Consumers to Be Aware of Real Estate and Mortgage Crimes
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www.mountain-news.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
They should add rent gouging tenants.
Rent control now!
Rent control now!
Once again, corporate landlords are showing they can't be trusted.
We need strong tenant rights to protect renters!
We need strong tenant rights to protect renters!
Corporate landlord files wave of 'no fault' evictions after buying New London apartments
Residents of several apartment complexes in New London are facing a wave of evictions, weeks after the buildings were purchased by a corporate landlord.
www.ctpublic.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Once again, corporate landlords are showing they can't be trusted.
We need strong tenant rights to protect renters!
We need strong tenant rights to protect renters!
The Ludlow Rent Control Board must do the right thing for tenants and not approve a massive rent hike.
Government should protect tenants, not gouge them on the behalf of Big Real Estate.
Government should protect tenants, not gouge them on the behalf of Big Real Estate.
Tenants fight against rent increases
Mobile Home Park Tenants in Ludlow fight against major rent increases Monday night in front of the town’s Rent Control Board.
www.westernmassnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Ludlow Rent Control Board must do the right thing for tenants and not approve a massive rent hike.
Government should protect tenants, not gouge them on the behalf of Big Real Estate.
Government should protect tenants, not gouge them on the behalf of Big Real Estate.
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The Briefing: Rent Control Works, Seniors Need Help, SNAP Benefits Now
The Briefing looks at pro-rent control economists, seniors who need rent control, and SNAP benefits.
housingishumanright.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
ICYMI: Want to know the latest about housing issues?
Read The Briefing at our Substack page.
And remember to subscribe -- it's free!
Read The Briefing at our Substack page.
And remember to subscribe -- it's free!
Rent control is the only thing that protects tenants against predatory landlords.
Rent control works!
Rent control works!
Rent control ballot measure filed in Redwood City, again
The community-led effort to introduce a historic Redwood City rent control and tenant protection measure last year, which failed, got a second wind.
www.rwcpulse.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Rent control is the only thing that protects tenants against predatory landlords.
Rent control works!
Rent control works!
We must do what's best for the tenants impacted by the RealPage scandal.
Big Real Estate needs to be held to account.
Big Real Estate needs to be held to account.
States Urge Judge To Reject Settlements In RealPage Rent-Fixing Lawsuit
Attorneys general from Washington, D.C., Maryland, New Jersey and Kentucky said the proposed fines "reflect very low recoveries compared to the harms suffered."
www.bisnow.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
We must do what's best for the tenants impacted by the RealPage scandal.
Big Real Estate needs to be held to account.
Big Real Estate needs to be held to account.
Read the newest edition of The Briefing at Substack.
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#renterrevolution
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The Briefing: Rent Control Works, Seniors Need Help, SNAP Benefits Now
The Briefing looks at pro-rent control economists, seniors who need rent control, and SNAP benefits.
housingishumanright.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Read the newest edition of The Briefing at Substack.
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#housingisahumanright
#renterrevolution
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#renterrevolution
Disgraceful, but par for the course for Big Real Estate.
Corporate landlords can't be trusted.
We need strong tenant protections!
Corporate landlords can't be trusted.
We need strong tenant protections!
Long-Time Mar Vista Tenants Fight Evictions at the Hands of Pacifica Companies - Knock LA
Amid the recent wave of ICE terror, a multibillion-dollar corporation is using the Ellis Act to displace already vulnerable immigrant families
knock-la.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Disgraceful, but par for the course for Big Real Estate.
Corporate landlords can't be trusted.
We need strong tenant protections!
Corporate landlords can't be trusted.
We need strong tenant protections!
Check out our excellent column The Real Dirt!
It gives you the latest news about Big Real Estate's lies and misdeeds.
#therealdirt
It gives you the latest news about Big Real Estate's lies and misdeeds.
#therealdirt
The Real Dirt: RealPage Scandal, Predatory Landlords, People Power
This month, The Real Dirt looks into the RealPage scandal, predatory corporate landlords, and the need for people power.
www.housingisahumanright.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Check out our excellent column The Real Dirt!
It gives you the latest news about Big Real Estate's lies and misdeeds.
#therealdirt
It gives you the latest news about Big Real Estate's lies and misdeeds.
#therealdirt
ICYMI: Read the most recent edition of The Briefing at Substack.
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#HousingIsAHumanRight
#renterrevolution
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#HousingIsAHumanRight
#renterrevolution
The Briefing: Urgent Solutions, The Real Dirt, Massachusetts Labor Unions
This week, The Briefing looks into housing solutions, corporate landlords, and labor unions backing rent control.
housingishumanright.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
ICYMI: Read the most recent edition of The Briefing at Substack.
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#HousingIsAHumanRight
#renterrevolution
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#HousingIsAHumanRight
#renterrevolution
Corporate landlords are charging wildly inflated rents at mobile home parks, where many seniors on fixed incomes live.
Only rent control will rein in predatory corporate landlords.
Only rent control will rein in predatory corporate landlords.
Private equity firms are snapping up mobile home parks − and driving out the residents who can least afford to lose them
For residents who can’t afford to move, rising lot rents can mean losing everything.
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Corporate landlords are charging wildly inflated rents at mobile home parks, where many seniors on fixed incomes live.
Only rent control will rein in predatory corporate landlords.
Only rent control will rein in predatory corporate landlords.
Tell Gov. Gavin Newsom to backfill funding for SNAP benefits for millions of Californians!
People are going hungry due to the government shutdown.
Newsom must take action.
People are going hungry due to the government shutdown.
Newsom must take action.
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Tell Gov. Gavin Newsom to backfill funding for SNAP benefits for millions of Californians!
People are going hungry due to the government shutdown.
Newsom must take action.
People are going hungry due to the government shutdown.
Newsom must take action.
Tell Gov. Gavin Newsom to backfill funding for SNAP benefits for millions of Californians!
People are going hungry due to the government shutdown.
Newsom must take action.
People are going hungry due to the government shutdown.
Newsom must take action.
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Tell Gov. Gavin Newsom to backfill funding for SNAP benefits for millions of Californians!
People are going hungry due to the government shutdown.
Newsom must take action.
People are going hungry due to the government shutdown.
Newsom must take action.
Tell Gov. Gavin Newsom to backfill funding for SNAP benefits for millions of Californians!
People are going hungry due to the government shutdown.
Newsom must take action.
People are going hungry due to the government shutdown.
Newsom must take action.
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Tell Gov. Gavin Newsom to backfill funding for SNAP benefits for millions of Californians!
People are going hungry due to the government shutdown.
Newsom must take action.
People are going hungry due to the government shutdown.
Newsom must take action.
Today, we held a press conference in Downtown LA, urging Gov. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to backfill funding for SNAP benefits so people don't go hungry during the government shutdown.
People will be forced to choose between paying the rent or buying food. It isn't right. Newsom must help.
People will be forced to choose between paying the rent or buying food. It isn't right. Newsom must help.
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Today, we held a press conference in Downtown LA, urging Gov. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to backfill funding for SNAP benefits so people don't go hungry during the government shutdown.
People will be forced to choose between paying the rent or buying food. It isn't right. Newsom must help.
People will be forced to choose between paying the rent or buying food. It isn't right. Newsom must help.
Rent control is the only way to rein in corporate landlords.
End of story.
End of story.
How corporate landlords impact South Florida's housing market
According to the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, private equity firms now own over 17% of all apartments in the state.
www.nbcmiami.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Rent control is the only way to rein in corporate landlords.
End of story.
End of story.
Once again, corporate landlord Steve Schwarzman thinks he plays by different rules than the rest of us.
Schwarzman has spent millions, over the years, to kill the expansion of rent control in California.
Schwarzman has spent millions, over the years, to kill the expansion of rent control in California.
How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Once again, corporate landlord Steve Schwarzman thinks he plays by different rules than the rest of us.
Schwarzman has spent millions, over the years, to kill the expansion of rent control in California.
Schwarzman has spent millions, over the years, to kill the expansion of rent control in California.
Yet another report that says YIMBYs' trickle-down housing agenda doesn't work.
No surprise there.
Instead, we must carry out the "3 Ps": protect tenants; preserve existing affordable housing; produce new affordable and homeless housing.
No surprise there.
Instead, we must carry out the "3 Ps": protect tenants; preserve existing affordable housing; produce new affordable and homeless housing.
New study makes clear: The Wiener-Lurie plan will NOT bring down housing prices - 48 hills
The Yimbys are furious that a new report says upzoning won't produce much new housing. The bigger story is that it will fail to produce affordability
48hills.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Yet another report that says YIMBYs' trickle-down housing agenda doesn't work.
No surprise there.
Instead, we must carry out the "3 Ps": protect tenants; preserve existing affordable housing; produce new affordable and homeless housing.
No surprise there.
Instead, we must carry out the "3 Ps": protect tenants; preserve existing affordable housing; produce new affordable and homeless housing.
Big Real Estate and the mainstream media roll out the false narrative that economists hate rent control.
In fact, 32 top economists wrote a letter fully supporting rent control, saying anti-rent control arguments are outdated and wrong.
Rent control works!
In fact, 32 top economists wrote a letter fully supporting rent control, saying anti-rent control arguments are outdated and wrong.
Rent control works!
Economists Say Rent Control Works
A group of 32 prominent economists find that rent control is an effective tool to protect middle- and working-class tenants.
www.housingisahumanright.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Big Real Estate and the mainstream media roll out the false narrative that economists hate rent control.
In fact, 32 top economists wrote a letter fully supporting rent control, saying anti-rent control arguments are outdated and wrong.
Rent control works!
In fact, 32 top economists wrote a letter fully supporting rent control, saying anti-rent control arguments are outdated and wrong.
Rent control works!
Seniors on fixed incomes need protections against unfair rents right now.
Rent control urgently helps seniors.
Rent control urgently helps seniors.
Regina seniors petition for rent control
REGINA — A delegation of concerned seniors called for action on the province’s “skyrocketing” cost of rent on Monday, Oct. 27. One of those seniors calling for action was Regina’s Roger Derby, who…
www.620ckrm.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Seniors on fixed incomes need protections against unfair rents right now.
Rent control urgently helps seniors.
Rent control urgently helps seniors.
With the mayoral race in New York City, voters sent a strong message that they need rent control to protect themselves against predatory landlords.
Rent control is an urgent tool that works! #Mamdani
Rent control is an urgent tool that works! #Mamdani
Rent Control Saves Lives
Rent control will immediately stabilize the housing affordability crisis and save lives. Activists urge Californians to vote "yes" on Prop 33.
housingisahumanright.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
With the mayoral race in New York City, voters sent a strong message that they need rent control to protect themselves against predatory landlords.
Rent control is an urgent tool that works! #Mamdani
Rent control is an urgent tool that works! #Mamdani