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Pasadena Starts 2026 Budget Process
The 2026 budget process starts here
Pasadena Housing Providers
Apr 51 min read


Clean-up advice from Caltech Professor
There is a lot of uncertainty and misinformation online about how to clean up after the wildfires. Professor Paul Wennberg of Caltech has...
Pasadena Housing Providers
Jan 181 min read


FEMA Assistance Available for Wildfire Victims
Federal assistance is available to victims of LA County's wildfires. KTLA has published a description of how to access these funds .
Pasadena Housing Providers
Jan 121 min read


PHP Seeks Emergency Waiver To Allow Temporary Housing
Due to the catastrophic fires and the destruction of housing across Pasadena and its neighboring cities, thousands of people need housing...
Pasadena Housing Providers
Jan 121 min read


PHP Announces 2026 Ballot Measure
Thanks to the input, support, and generosity of our members, Pasadena Housing Providers was able to announce its intention to bring about...
Pasadena Housing Providers
Dec 20, 20241 min read


Unintended Consequences: LA's Mansion Tax May Harm Non-Profits
The Los Angeles Times writes about the unintended consequences of LA's Measure ULA or "Mansion Tax", which was partly designed by one of...
Pasadena Housing Providers
Nov 14, 20241 min read


Rent-control delusions won’t fix California housing mess
Pasadena Star-News has published an editorial on Californians' decisive rejection of extreme rent control by heavily voting against Prop...
Pasadena Housing Providers
Nov 9, 20241 min read


LA Tenants Union founders want to abolish rent
After getting away with threatening housing providers, destroying apartments, and drawing out eviction proceedings for years, LA's...
Pasadena Housing Providers
Oct 22, 20241 min read


Why Prop 33 is bad for Pasadena
Pasadena residents Deborah Lutz and Anthony Edson wrote a great article about why Prop 33 is such a big risk for California in general,...
Pasadena Housing Providers
Oct 20, 20241 min read


Unelected Rent Board Backs Down on 33
On October 2nd, the unelected and unaccountable Rent Board planned to show their bias by endorsing Prop 33. Even after being warned...
Pasadena Housing Providers
Oct 5, 20241 min read


Argentina Ended Rent Control While The Netherlands Expanded It: Guess Which One Now Has A Housing Crisis
This year, two countries have made opposite moves on rent control. Argentina was under tight rent control that reduced supply and made...
Pasadena Housing Providers
Sep 13, 20241 min read


Pasadena Now: Landlords Say Rental Board Dragged Its Feet on Publishing Key Document
Following our email to members on August 26th, we were contacted by several journalists to talk about the Rent Board's broken promise ...
Pasadena Housing Providers
Sep 2, 20241 min read


LETTER: HOUSING PROVIDERS WRITE PRESIDENT BIDEN OPPOSING NATIONAL RENT CAP
The National Apartment Association and national real estate associations wrote t o the White House to express their strong opposition to...
Pasadena Housing Providers
Aug 13, 20241 min read


Pasadena Leaps into Top 10 Most Competitive US Rental Markets
While it may not surprise local residents, Eastern Los Angeles, a real estate market area that includes Pasadena, has seen the largest...
Pasadena Housing Providers
Aug 13, 20242 min read


Guest Opinion in Pasadena Now | Let the Voters Decide About The Future Of Renting in Pasadena - June 17, 2024
Pasadena Housing Providers members Blake Boyd and Mike Lewis wrote about the opportunity to resolve Measure H's biggest problems by...
Pasadena Housing Providers
Jul 9, 20241 min read


In Pasadena rent control scheme, deck is stacked against housing providers
Measure H — the ballot initiative that brought about Pasadena’s rent control law — was billed as the “Pasadena Fair and Equitable Housing...
Pasadena Housing Providers
Jun 1, 20243 min read


Guest Opinion | Simon Gibbons: Hiding from the People’s Will – The Rental Board’s Approach to Governance
Pasadena’s unelected and minimally accountable Rental Housing Board seems to be commemorating its first year in office by using the...
Pasadena Housing Providers
May 22, 20243 min read


Guest Opinion | Simon Gibbons: Rental Board ‘Unelected and Unaccountable’
Last month, Pasadena City Hall saw the naked use of political intimidation to create an unelected and unaccountable group to...
Pasadena Housing Providers
May 15, 20243 min read


Guest Opinion | Mike Lewis and Blake Boyd: Pasadena Rental Housing Board – Chaos and Broken Promises
The Pasadena City Council has decided to hitch their political fortunes to the floundering Rental Housing Board, by loaning them money...
Pasadena Housing Providers
May 15, 20242 min read


‘Justice for Renters Act’ threatens to upend California’s rental housing market
The most important law you’ve (probably) never heard of is in jeopardy. In a matter of months, voters across California will decide the...
Pasadena Housing Providers
Apr 12, 20244 min read
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