Eviction attorney Dennis Block boasts to have “evicted more than tenants than any other human being on the planet Earth.” He describes rent control as a “cancer,” and cheers on rising rents on Twitter. He’s …
More Than 625,000 Signatures Qualify Rental Affordability Act for 2020 Ballot in California
Housing Is a Human Right, the housing advocacy division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, is excited to announce that it has amassed more than 625,000 signatures to qualify the Rental Affordability Act for California’s statewide ballot …
‘When We Fight, We Win!’
This past weekend, inside the Morningside High School gymnasium in Inglewood, hundreds of housing activists and renters, of all ages and colors, sat together in the bleachers and talked solutions. In front of them, Lupe …
Housing Is A Human Right Applauds L.A. City Council’s Action on Eviction Crisis
Housing Is A Human Right applauds the Los Angeles City Council for starting the process to urgently address a citywide eviction crisis that’s unfolding due to unscrupulous actions by landlords and notorious eviction attorney Dennis …
Housing Is A Human Right Criticizes Insufficient AB 1482 Rent-Gouging Bill
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 …
‘GNTRIFIED’ Billboards Hit Inaction on Housing Affordability Crisis
Housing justice advocates from AIDS Healthcare Foundation launched this week “GNTRIFIED,” the latest Los Angeles-area billboard campaign to spotlight inaction on the housing affordability crisis and the role gentrification plays in the spiraling homeless epidemic in …
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. …
Housing Is A Human Right Opposes LA City Council Power Grab of Community Redevelopment Agency
The Los Angeles City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved a little-known resolution and ordinance on Tuesday that questionably transfers the land use planning authority from the Community Redevelopment Agency to the city’s …
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 …