On Friday, August 5, Housing Is A Human Right and its parent organization, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, unveiled an adaptive reuse exhibit in Downtown Los Angeles at the Barclay Hotel. It explains how the adaptive reuse of existing buildings is a cost-effective, urgent way to produce affordable and homeless housing. California…

A so-called “anti-rent gouging” law championed by state politicians in 2019 has failed to protect California renters. Housing Is A Human Right opposed the legislation, known as AB 1482, three years ago, predicting a seriously bad deal for tenants. …

Corporate landlord Stephen Schwarzman, the controversial CEO of Blackstone Group, has been ranked by CEOWorld magazine as the one of the 25 wealthiest people in the United States. In 2018 and 2020, Blackstone shelled out millions to successfully defeat rent control ballot measures in California. …

Renowned artist Barbara Kruger has been earning major headlines lately, including raves for a new retrospective exhibit of her work at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. …

Housing Is A Human Right has unveiled a new campaign to address the homelessness crisis: “Save Our SROs” or “S.O.S.” Single-room occupancy hotels provide essential affordable housing for low-income residents. Yet L.A. elected officials have silently stood by while SROs are kept empty or are turned into luxury housing. HHR…

This week, the Coalition for Economic Survival released an eye-popping finding: since 2001, landlords and developers have filed more than 28,000 Ellis Act evictions in Los Angeles. Since L.A.’s average household size is 2.8 people, that means more than 78,000 tenants have been forced out of their homes through the…

A new article in the Washington Post reveals that Invitation Homes, one of the largest corporate landlords in the United States, is continuing its shameful treatment of tenants. Invitation Homes already has an alarming track record of excessive rent increases and fees, sudden evictions, and long waits for repairs. …

California YIMBY, the land-use lobbying group for Big Tech, continues to hide behind its nonprofit status and refuses to reveal exactly who contributes the big bucks to the organization. …

There’s been a recent flurry of news stories about rents skyrocketing in cities throughout the nation. The Hill even reported that rent prices in February hit a “new high” in the 50 largest metropolitan areas, with a more than 17 percent increase from this time last year. The rent, in…