The Ellis Act, a 1985 California state law, has been used by the real estate industry to destroy tens of thousands of affordable housing apartments, contributing to the housing affordability and homelessness crises, and activists are fighting to repeal or reform the law.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has been criticized for failing to address the state’s rising rents and homelessness crisis, as well as for siding with corporate landlords and opposing rent control measures.
Activists and tenants in England are organizing a nationwide, pro-rent control demonstration on April 18 to call on politicians to put people first and address the housing crisis caused by sky-high rents and the profit-driven agenda of the real estate industry.
Montgomery County, Maryland has seen a drastic decrease in multifamily building permits since the adoption of rent control, raising questions about the effectiveness of such policies in increasing housing supply.
Rent control is a useful and underutilized tool in addressing California’s housing crisis, according to a study by USC, UCLA, and UC Berkeley, which finds that moderate rent stabilization can increase tenant housing stability and reduce gentrification-fueled displacement.
Let’s start with the facts. In California, the expansion of rent control has been on the ballot…
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