There is a revenge initiative on the ballot in California this November, placed by greedy corporate landlords, called Proposition 34. It…

The clumsy, lumbering Goliath that is the corporate real estate cartel is not nearly as clever as it thinks it…

The fact that the rent is too damn high is self-evident. Even if you are not suffering yourself, you likely…

Disclaimer: Opinions are those of the writer and do not reflect those of The Vanguard or its Editorial Staff.  The…

The Proposition 33 campaign is excited to announce that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors endorsed Proposition 33, an…

Supervisors vote to support ballot initiative to overturn statewide ban on rent control and allow local communities to help keep…

Isn’t a city unwilling to take from the obscenely rich to help the desperately poor barbaric? Terms like barbarism should not be…

We’ve seen that corporate landlords—and the economists who do their bidding—will do anything to generate billions and billions in profits…

It’s only September, and corporate landlords have already shelled out tens of millions to kill Proposition 33 and silence AIDS Healthcare…

OP/ED – The famous quote “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting…

The California Apartment Association, the powerful lobbying group for many of the largest corporate landlords in the country, has raised $54.2…

HOUSING WATCH – UC Berkeley Professor Ken Rosen has a lot to answer for. In a new TV ad paid by the…

When it comes to Proposition 33 in California, a quick look at who supports the pro-rent control ballot measure and…

The housing shortage in California is legendary, but there isn’t one. Yes, there are more than 180,000 homeless people in…

Time and again, Californians have seen that rent control is the only way to rein in the predatory business practices…

A group of 32 economists have written a letter to the Biden Administration saying that rent control is an effective tool to…

The Wall Street Journal published a disturbing report this week, revealing that the “number of homeless people counted on streets and…

A new, wide-ranging study by the University of California San Francisco has found that Californians are homeless because sky-high rents are forcing…

Studies have long indicated that the LGBTQ+ community needs rent control. That’s because LGBTQ+ people are more likely to rent…

Seniors on fixed incomes are increasingly pushed into homelessness by excessive rents – a life-threatening situation that can be quickly addressed…

Two recent Zillow studies show that sky-high rents are fueling the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles and other major cities.…

Since World War I, rent control has been an effective tool to protect middle- and working-class Americans against predatory landlords…

When it comes to devastating the lives of tens of millions of Californians, the California Apartment Association and corporate landlords…

Over the years, activists have routinely said that the housing affordability crisis is a public health issue. Now Eviction Lab, the…

An exclusive Housing Is A Human Right investigation has found that 10 of the largest corporate landlords in the United…

Two :30 spots in English and Spanish start five-week run on stations in Los Angeles and San Francisco urging voters…

Blackstone Group, one of the largest corporate landlords in the world, is now financing the campaigns to kill rent control…

The Big Real Estate billionaires don’t believe that an organization birthed as the LGBTQ community’s response to a deadly epidemic…

  Any organizer worth their weight knows that you have to be prepared to fight on multiple fronts, and as…

  Real estate companies have never been wild about transparency, routinely hiding behind LPs and LLCs so the public doesn’t…

Five corporate landlords mired in the RealPage scandal are also shelling out millions to stop Proposition 33, the November ballot…

  Since any meaningful protection for renters is guaranteed to die in Sacramento, we have no choice but to go…

Newsom and Ace Smith and the other Democratic consultants have a disturbing track record of doing anything for corporate landlords…

  We all can agree there is a housing shortage, but do we really need more $4,000 a month apartments?…

GUEST COMMENTARY – After concluding a busy, weeklong visit to Mexico City, I remain surprised that I only saw one homeless…

IMBYism has hit a rough patch. “Yes In My Back Yard” built its reputation on a series of false premises…

Isn’t a city unwilling to take from the obscenely rich to help the desperately poor barbaric? Terms like barbarism should not…

GUEST OP/ED – Since 2019, California legislators have allocated $20.6 billion to address the housing affordability and homelessness crises, and…

  Virtue signaling is saying things to demonstrate your moral correctness on a particular issue and often to show how…

GUEST COMMENTARY – A young cousin of mine recently moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. She and her boyfriend were lured by…

Why, despite the fact that an overwhelming majority of California voters support rent control, has it been voted down twice…

To the editor: It is disheartening to see The Times attack the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and its Healthy Housing Foundation…

In a recent article, “As living costs go up, what’s in your wallet?,” the reporter noted that AvalonBay Communities is…

While no government program should be immune from criticism, those who call for reforms should at least understand how the 340B…

Backing those who are against DeSantis visit I personally want to congratulate the good citizens of Greenwich who opposed Florida Gov. …

Over the years, the California Apartment Association—funded by corporate landlords—has delivered millions in campaign cash to stop tenant rights bills…

Can Cities Avoid Housing Laws By Going Charter?  Article Suggests Don’t Count on It Yesterday, the Vanguard reported that AG Rob Bonta…

Fewer and fewer Angelenos are “California dreamin’.” That’s because two crises — housing affordability and homelessness — are destroying our…

The housing affordability crisis is a moral outrage of the highest order. So why does Los Angeles leave kids and…

Currently, millions of Californians are facing an extreme housing emergency. They are being strangled by rents they cannot afford. We…

Something is a public utility because it is essential, such as electricity, telephone, gas, and water. The government, through proper…

It sounds crazy: The $12,000-a-month apartment. How can an average American afford to pay $12,000 per month for an apartment?…

To the editor: Your article, “The end of Skid Row’s cheap hotels? L.A. leaders want to replace last-resort homeless housing,” lays…

Ballot initiatives can be very confusing. They are often lengthy and complicated. In 2020, if you were a strong supporter…

HOUSING – A powerful, deep-pocketed group of 11 corporate landlords has contributed a total of $20.9 million to the California…

HOUSING – For this coming election in California, corporate landlords have hired a small army of political consultants to kill…

California YIMBY has always had a contentious relationship with the housing justice movement, and its opposition to the Yes on…

The affordable housing crisis is an existential threat to our way of life in California. It is also a literal…

OP | ED – In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and the Scarecrow are faced with a fork in the…

Two decades ago, could we have imagined that a Los Angeles resident working a full-time, minimum wage job would have…

Every effort to make housing affordable is met with the same refrain. If we control rents, then it will be…

When we talk about inflation, our minds default to a quart of milk, a loaf of bread, or a gallon…

Week after week, there’s a new study about the life-altering consequences of sky-high rents or a new investigation about the…

In 2024, rent control is gaining traction as one possible solution to a growing affordable housing crisis across the country.…

With 99% of Americans unable to buy the average house, more and more people are renting and getting less and…

California’s population has shrunk for three consecutive years while 42 other states have grown. A shrinking population is a sign of economic…

OP ED – We all know that shelter is one of the most basic necessities of life. Our very survival…

There seems to be a growing belief that the act of sweeping homeless encampments is good for the occupants, good…

Rent control raises great passion on either side of the debate. Supporters say it is essential to prevent people from…

In a historic democracy like the United States, the term landlord is interesting. From the Old English meaning “master of…

OP/ED – As a young child born in Los Angeles, I remember reading the Los Angeles Times to my father at…

If you understand that housing is a basic human right, then our starting point is simple: Everyone must be housed.…

Two opposing things can be true at the same time. In California, there is no question that the rent is…

If you are seeing ads for a rent control ballot initiative in California these days, they will say that they…

The Olympics will be here just four years from now, and preparations are well underway. The perennial questions are: “Will we be…

Once again, the National Multifamily Housing Council is pushing outdated, obsolete ideas to protect the obscene profits of the country’s largest corporate landlords.…

We ask ourselves the confounding question: Why is Los Angeles the homeless capital of the world? The answer: corruption. Los…

Californians pay a boatload of taxes to both the city and county of Los Angeles. Annual tax revenue amounts to billions…

California produces more poor and homeless people than any other state. How can a place with such astounding wealth have…

Statewide rent control initiatives were voted down in California by almost 20 points. Why should we believe that we can…

HOUSING – To put it bluntly, the California Apartment Association is a merchant of death. The blood of all the…

In the March 7 letter “How to make housing affordable,” the president of the National Multifamily Housing Council, a powerful…

It is impossible to deny that America and the rest of the world are more economically unequal than ever before.…

Rents are falling rapidly in San Francisco as landlords and others flee the city en masse. Prices never have returned to pre-2020…

  To the editor: The Times’ harmful coverage of nonprofit Skid Row housing providers continued on Jan. 5 with an assertion…

OPINION – With the 2024 election just 10 months away, Californians are being flooded with misinformation about the Yes on 33 Act,…

A group of powerful Democrats has been carrying out Big Real Estate’s unscrupulous push to kill the expansion of rent…

Everyone agrees California is in the midst of an existential housing crisis. Whether it is sprawling homeless encampments, an exodus of people…

For millions of American renters, these are troubling times. In fact, the times have never been more troubling, given that…

  While Californians struggle to pay wildly inflated rents, Big Real Estate executives are splurging on superyachts, car collections, and…

There is no doubt that California faces an existential affordable housing crisis. More than 171,000 Californians are homeless, and 3.2 million — 56% of tenants —…

Where are people supposed to live in the United States? Rents are increasing while wages remain stagnant. Meanwhile, the cost…

When Americans picture the Rust Belt, they have an image of the once-great industrial Midwest, now transformed into rusted-out factory…

As with so many issues, solving California’s housing affordability crisis has become polarized. The “build, build, build” folks are on…

In 2022, controversial corporate landlords Essex Property Trust, Equity Residential, and AvalonBay Communities quietly contributed massive sums to a California…

Rent control is the only way to rein in corporate landlord greed. The California Apartment Association and other Big Real Estate groups…

For more than five years, reporters and the real estate industry continue to cite a seriously flawed and misleading study…

California has more rent-burdened tenants than anywhere in the United States, according to a new report by the O.C. Register. It’s…

While more and more Americans struggle to pay wildly inflated rents, Big Real Estate executives are splurging on superyachts, car…

As the housing affordability and homelessness crises continue to slam the poor and middle- and working-class residents, the “3 Ps”…

Housing Is A Human Right has found that RealPage, a controversial Big Tech company based in Texas, shelled out an…

It wasn’t long ago that researchers at the University of Southern California, UC Berkeley, and UCLA released key studies that…

Media Advisory For Thursday, July 27th Contact:  Ged Kenslea, AHF Senior Communications Director 323.791.5526 [email protected]     CA Rent Control Measure…