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Several people in winter clothing stand outdoors on a sunny day holding signs. At center, a light-skinned woman in late middle age holds a sign that says "Safe Homes for All," written in red paint. Other people, partly visible, hold printed signs calling for rent control. Behind the protesters are hemlock trees and beyond them, partly visible, are tall buildings.
Policy

‘Renters Are Struggling’: Economists Back Tenant-Led Push for Federal Rent Control

Jake Johnson -
"We have seen corporate landlords—who own a larger share of the rental market than ever before—use inflation as an excuse to hike rents and reap excess profits beyond what should be considered fair and reasonable."
Under a blue sky, in a large arching gateway is suspended a banner that reads "End Rent Burden." Below it is a line of 11 picketers holding signs that say "UAW on Strike: Unfair Labor Practice." A passerby is talking to one of the picketers.
Organizing

Tenants Rights Advance in California

Kenton Card -
Reaction to the housing crisis in California has led to a series of gains for tenants, including a new Renters’ Caucus.
A person holding eggs.
Opinion

Egg Prices and Rents—What Do They Have in Common?

Miriam Axel-Lute -
Avian flu gave companies cover to price gouge. Could the attention to lack of housing supply do the same for landlords?
View from across the intersection of a rundown-looking corner in Baltimore, all two-story rowhouses. Some windows are boarded up. There are no cars or people in the scene.
Organizing

Building Tenant Power: A Growing Movement Rises in Baltimore

anneke dunbar-gronke -
Tenant organizing in Baltimore today is building on a rich legacy of tenant resistance in the city where residential redlining made its debut.
A close-up view of two electronic doorbells on a brick wall. The bricks are painted red and blue in a pattern that the viewer is too close to to see. The doorbells, which are grubby-looking, have paper stickers next to them reading Apartment #1 or Apartment #2.
Tenant Power Returns

Is Everything in Your Lease Legal? Quite Possibly Not

Minhae Shim Roth -
Some leases plainly contradict state law or include questionable, punitive, or egregiously anti-tenant clauses.
An ad for Shelterforce's webinar, "Fighting Back Against Corporate Landlords." We had four speakers.
Tenant Power Returns

Fighting Back Against Corporate Landlords—A Shelterforce Webinar

Shelterforce Staff -
Shelterforce recently hosted a conversation about how to fight, and win, against corporate landlords and their extractive business models. Watch the video or read the transcript.
Equity

Corporate Landlords Profit from Segregation, at Cost of Black Homeownership and...

Bo McMillan and Reggie Jackson -
As more and more affordable homes are gobbled up by corporate landlords, prospective Black homebuyers are seeing opportunities for homeownership dry up.
Opinion

When Landlords Hide Behind LLCs

Brian Mykulyn and Elora Raymond -
It’s difficult to know who owns a property because corporate landlords and investors tend to structure their business as limited liability companies, or LLCs.
Policy

Real Estate Firms Take Federal Aid, Evict Tenants Anyway

Elizabeth Strom and Denise Ghartey -
When the pandemic hit, real estate firms gladly took government assistance to keep their businesses afloat as they faced financial hardships. Then they turned around and evicted scores of tenants enduring the same COVID-induced difficulties.
Opinion

We Told You So: Haphazard Rent Relief Rollout Shows Need for...

Maria Zamudio -
Did we want to bail out corporate landlords or help renters? Because we’re doing the former.
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