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Rent Control Saves Lives

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Aug. 06, 2024
Safe, affordable housing is critical for maintaining good health. When that’s taken away by corporate landlords and other predatory landlords charging wildly inflated rents, a person’s health is immediately threatened – whether it’s seniors or

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Exclusive: Blackstone Finances Campaigns to Kill Rent Control and Stop AIDS Healthcare Foundation

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jul. 23, 2024
Blackstone Group, one of the largest corporate landlords in the world, is now financing the campaigns to kill rent control expansion in California and to stop AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s life-saving advocacy work. It’s not surprising. In

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AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s Years-Long Battle Against Corporate Landlord Greed

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jul. 17, 2024
Since 2018, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the parent organization of Housing Is A Human Right, has battled the largest corporate landlords in the United States, and it has no intention of stopping – Big Real Estate’s

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Corporate Landlords Mired in RealPage Scandal are Funding Anti-Rent Control Effort in California

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jul. 12, 2024
Five corporate landlords mired in the RealPage scandal are also shelling out millions to stop Proposition 33, the November ballot measure that expands rent control in California. Corporate landlords Equity Residential, Essex Property Trust, Greystar,

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Equity Residential, AvalonBay Communities, and Essex Property Trust are Top Contributors to Stop Rent Control Expansion in California

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jul. 02, 2024
Equity Residential, AvalonBay Communities, and Essex Property Trust are the top contributors of Big Real Estate’s multi-million-dollar blitz to stop the expansion of rent control in California. The three companies, who are among the largest

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Corporate Landlords Contribute $20.9 Million to Kill Rent Control Expansion in California

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jun. 13, 2024
A powerful, deep-pocketed group of 11 corporate landlords has contributed a total of $20.9 million to the California Apartment Association Issues Committee to kill the expansion of rent control in California. Big Real Estate’s millions

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With FBI Raid, RealPage Scandal Heats Up for Corporate Landlords in California and Other States

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jun. 05, 2024
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has raided the offices of Cortland Management, a corporate landlord that uses the controversial RealPage software program to jack up rents. It’s a clear sign that the RealPage scandal is

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Who Are the Political Consultants Working For Corporate Landlords to Stop Rent Control Measure in California?

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / Jun. 04, 2024
For this coming election in California, corporate landlords have hired a small army of political consultants to kill a pro-rent control measure called the Justice for Renters Act and to pass an anti-AIDS Healthcare Foundation

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California YIMBY Joins Corporate Landlords to Kill Rent Control Measure

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / May. 31, 2024
In a move that doesn’t surprise housing activists, California YIMBY, the land-use lobbying group for Big Tech, has officially opposed the Justice for Renters Act – the November ballot measure that seeks to end statewide

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Exclusive: Nation’s Largest Corporate Landlords are Banding Together to Kill Rent Control Measure in California

In News by Patrick Range McDonald / May. 15, 2024
An exclusive Housing Is A Human Right investigation has found that 10 of the largest corporate landlords in the United States are banding together to stop a pro-rent control ballot measure in California, shelling out