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August 1, 2024

Sky-High Rents Fuel Homelessness

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

Justice For Renters

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July 26, 2024

Opinion: Rent Control is as American as Apple Pie

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

Justice For Renters

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July 24, 2024

Opinion: California Apartment Association and Corporate Landlords Are Public Enemy No. 1

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

Justice For Renters

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July 22, 2024

Unaffordable Rents Linked to More Deaths, Says Eviction Lab

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

Justice For Renters

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July 20, 2024

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

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

Justice For Renters

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July 16, 2024

New Proposition 33 Radio Ads Feature Labor Icon Dolores Huerta

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

Ged Kenslea

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July 14, 2024

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

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

Justice For Renters

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July 12, 2024

Opinion: AHF Under Attack From Big Real Estate

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

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July 12, 2024

Opinion: The Revenge of the Power Structure

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

Justice For Renters

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July 12, 2024

Corporate Landlords Secretly Funneling Millions to Anti-Rent Control Campaigns in California

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

Justice For Renters