Housing Is A Human Right and @aidshealthcare.bsky.social participated in West Hollywood Pride today -- and we had a terrific time with everyone. Thanks for all of your enthusiasm along the parade route!

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Federal and state regulators must take a very close look at the proposed merger of Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities, two of the largest corporate landlords in the U.S. They have a long track record of predatory business practices.

Throughout the U.S., corporate landlords are charging hidden fees, sneakily increasing a tenant's monthly rent. Politicians must stop this predatory business practice!

From Pittsburgh to San Francisco, there needs to be an entirely different conversation about building affordable housing. Developers can't be overly accommodated at the expensive of hard-working people.

Here's what any politician or candidate can do to immediately help renters: implement the "3 Ps." Protect tenants through renter protections. Preserve existing affordable housing. Produce truly affordable and homeless housing.

First and foremost, the FTC must protect renters against the predatory business practices of Big Real Estate. That should be the guiding principle for any new rules for corporate landlords.

We'll keep saying it: from New York City to LA, elected leaders and candidates must carry out the "3 Ps." Protect tenants through renter protections. Preserve existing affordable housing, don't demolish it. Produce truly affordable and homeless housing.

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We applaud activists and tenants for demanding better living conditions at a troubled apartment complex in L.A. LA politicians must support them!

Corporate landlords charging tenants hidden fees is a huge problem. It's something that rent regulations can immediately address.

Whether you live in London, Chicago, or LA, know your rights as tenants -- you may have more protections than you realize. You can also contact a local tenants union for help.

Rent control works! It urgently helps the poor and middle- and working-class tenants who are drowning under unfair, sky-high rents.

One of the great scams carried about by predatory landlords these days is charging hidden monthly fees that effectively increase the rent. Politicians in California and other states need to address this!

Unlike what Big Real Estate and YIMBYs say, we don't need any kind of housing to be built. We need more AFFORDABLE housing -- first and foremost.

ICYMI: Three of the largest corporate landlords in the United States have spent millions of dollars in campaign contributions to kill tenant protections in California. Read our exclusive report.

Whether it's Europe or the USA, what matters most is what kind of housing needs to be built -- and it's not luxury. The poor and middle and working class are getting hit the hardest by the global housing affordability crisis. Affordable housing needs to be built first and foremost.

The RealPage scandal was massive: corporate landlords used software to collude and wildly inflating rents across the country. We must ban rent-gouging software in California. Tell your state legislators to vote "yes" on SB 295.

Thanks to CityWatch LA for picking up our very important article about corporate landlords funding the California Apartment Association. It's a must-read!

For voters in Redwood City, just know that the California Apartment Association will roll out a massive misinformation campaign that's funded by corporate landlords. Don't believe a word that the CAA and corporate landlords say. padailypost.com/2026/05/24/r...

The proposed merger between Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities, two of the largest corporate landlords in the United States, must be stopped. We can't have mega-predatory landlords operating in our country.

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AIDS Healthcare Foundation, our parent organization, is now serving three million patients in 50 countries around the world. It's an achievement that involves holding corporations and governments accountable and serving people who desperately need help.

ICYMI: Read this very important article about corporate landlords giving millions in campaign cash to sway elections and buy political favors in California. And remember to subscribe to our Substack page -- it's free!

Politicians often come up with a bogus narrative about homelessness in California, saying the unhoused are from out of state. Actually, a wide-ranging UC San Francisco study found that sky-high rents is the overwhelming reason for homelessness.

ICYMY: Read our very important story at Substack about Georgia activists taking on corporate landlords. It's a must-read!

California YIMBY and YIMBY Action have continually sold out poor and middle- and working-class renters by opposing tenant protections and standing with corporate landlords. YIMBY = Big Real Estate & Big Tech

Billionaire Steve Schwarzman shelled out massive contributions to Oxford and MIT to clean up his reputation as a greedy corporate landlord. United Nations experts said his company is a major cause for the global housing affordability crisis.

Activists are not saying that rent control is the only way to solve the housing affordability crisis. That's a false argument made by Big Real Estate. We advocate for the "3 Ps": protect, preserve, produce.

This week, Congressman Danny Davis, Housing Is A Human Right, and others spoke at a Congressional briefing in Washington DC to support the National Infrastructure Bank Act, which provides $400 billion for low-income housing. Tell your congress member to co-sponsor the bill!

Trickle-down housing pushed by YIMBYs and Big Real Estate won't fix the housing affordability crisis for middle- and working-class residents. Instead, politicians must implement the "3 Ps": protect tenants, preserve existing affordable housing, and produce new affordable and homeless housing.

California politicians must protect hard-working renters against predatory corporate landlords. Tell your state legislators to vote "yes" on SB 295, a bill that bans rent-fixing software. #SB295

Three of the largest corporate landlords in the United States recently delivered $5.1 million in campaign cash to the California Apartment Association. The CAA then uses corporate landlord money to buy political favors and kill tenant protections.

YIMBY leaders can never come up with a good excuse for trying to take away homeownership in communities of color. In fact, they as act as if communities of color don't even own homes or want them, which tells you everything about YIMBY leaders.

California politicians must rein in the predatory business practices of corporate landlords. Tell your state legislators to vote "yes" on SB 295, a bill that bans rent-fixing software in California. #SB295

A city must enforce its tenant protections. Otherwise, predatory landlords will try to get away with anything.

Why does the real estate industry not like rent regulations? It's simple: landlords won't be able to charge unfair, excessive rents and make outsized profits off the backs of hard-working tenants. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Elected officials and political candidates better wise up. American voters want more affordable housing units and stronger renter protections, including rent regulations.

From Rhode Island to California, it's the same old story: politicians take tons of campaign cash from the real estate industry, then vote against rent regulations and other tenants protections. Elected leaders must STOP taking money from Big Real Estate -- and serve hard-working voters.

A little spoken fact about YIMBY leaders is that they're working to essentially take away homeownership in communities of color, turning people into permanent renters who will have to pay sky-high rents to corporate landlords and developers. It's outrageous.

The rent is too damn high! From California to New York, politicians must take the pledge: "I won't take Big Real Estate money." They must serve renters!

Military families can't make ends meet because of sky-high rents! Tell your state legislators in California to vote "yes" on SB 295. The state bill bans rent-fixing software used by corporate landlords to collude and wildly inflate rents!

It was honor to unveil a new mural of labor and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta in Downtown L.A. today. AIDS Healthcare Foundation sponsored the mural. "Our working people are really under attack," Dolores said today at the unveiling. "We need working people to take over our country."

Thanks to LA Progressive for picking up our very important story about Georgia activists and tenants forming a coalition to fight Big Real Estate and urgently address the housing affordability crisis.

Override the veto of Providence Mayor Brett Smiley. Pass rent stabilization to protect hard-working renters!

Once again, Greystar, the largest corporate landlord in the U.S., is failing its tenants. Elected officials must hold Greystar accountable.

We must protect military families in California against predatory corporate landlords. Tell your state legislator to vote "yes" on SB 295 -- it bans rent-fixing software. #SB295

We must rein in predatory corporate landlords in California. Tell your state legislator to vote "yes" on SB 295, which bans rent-fixing software. #SB295

Here's another great example of activists and tenants forming a people-power movement to fight predatory corporate landlords and urgently address the housing affordability crisis.

We applaud the Upland City Council for reinstating rent stabilization for mobile home parks, where many seniors on fixed incomes live. Only rent stabilization protects tenants against unfair, outrageous rent hikes.