January 10, 2024
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Glossary of Useful Federal Budget Terms
Learning about the federal government’s budget process can be daunting. Here are a few key terms to help better understand of the federal budget process as of late.
December 15, 2023
Bidenomics Needs A Corporate Crackdown On Rent-Gougers
The RealPage scandal gives Biden a real opportunity to rally working-class support for his reelection campaign.
November 29, 2023
Biden Administration Remains Split Over Fighting Concentrated Corporate Power
This week’s newsletter looks at executive branch attempts to counteract concentrated corporate power across our focus areas – from consumer protection in Big Tech, to housing, to climate regulation. While the FTC and DOJ antitrust division continue to be present in important fights to support consumers and tenants, proactive climate policy continues to be absent, as Biden’s rhetoric regarding challenging climate change rings hollow in areas where the president has considerable discretion.
October 30, 2023
Meet Harlan Crow's Favorite Democrats
Josh Gottheimer, Joe Manchin, Henry Cuellar, and Dean Phillips are among the many Democrats to receive campaign donations from Clarence Thomas’ billionaire benefactor.
October 02, 2023
Clarence Thomas Must Recuse From Harlan Crow-Backed Challenges To New York Rent Control Law
In response to the news that Clarence Thomas participated in the Supreme Court decision to deny cert in the first of three challenges of New York City’s rent control law, Revolving Door Project Executive Director Jeff Hauser released the following statement.
August 18, 2023
Memo to the Media: Stop Quoting RealPage
A company under federal antitrust investigation for helping landlords jack up rents is not a reliable or independent source.
July 21, 2023
Harlan Crow’s Minions Are Keeping Your Rent High
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) – a landlord lobby group led by Crow’s right-hand man – has spent millions to kill tenant protections and rent regulation.
April 27, 2023
CFPB To Tenants: We’ve Got Your Back
Biden’s best regulator takes aim at one of the biggest barriers to accessing rental housing.
March 24, 2023
CNBC Airs Falsehoods And Parrots Landlord Lobbyists To Trash Rent Control
Corporate media continues to carry water for Big Real Estate by presenting industry-aligned talking heads as neutral “experts”.
February 03, 2023
Media Helps Corporate Landlords Spin Biden’s Watered-Down Renter Protection Plan
Mainstream outlets are failing to tell the full story on the White House’s new tenant protection actions.
January 26, 2023
STATEMENT: Landlords Celebrate Biden’s Weak ‘Renter Protection’ Plan
Watered-down White House tenant protection measures are a victory for big real estate and private equity lobbyists.
January 23, 2023
The White House Must Heed Tenants, Not Corporate Profiteers, To Enact New Tenant Protection Measures
The White House should not succumb to the real estate industry’s cynical lobbying efforts to block new federal tenant protections. These same developers and corporate landlords fueled the rental housing crisis in the first place by spiking rents and exploiting families, and now they are looking to defend their ill-gotten gains.
January 19, 2023
Corporate Hypocrites Celebrate MLK Day While Suing To Protect Discrimination
Big banks publicly tout a “great leader’s legacy” while quietly fighting against what he stood for.
December 20, 2022
To Win 2024, Democrats Must Heed Voters' Calls For Housing Justice
Low income communities of color made countless sacrifices to keep the United States’s economy going during the pandemic, all while supporting their families and enduring sky-high rents.