1.0Housing Justice for Allhttps://housingjusticeforall.orgRitti Singhhttps://housingjusticeforall.org/author/rittisingh/The Real Estate Lobby’s Open Door in Albany - Housing Justice for Allrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ZWS8VfKDk2"><a href="https://housingjusticeforall.org/resource/the-real-estate-lobbys-open-door-in-albany/">The Real Estate Lobby’s Open Door in Albany</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://housingjusticeforall.org/resource/the-real-estate-lobbys-open-door-in-albany/embed/#?secret=ZWS8VfKDk2" width="600" height="338" title="“The Real Estate Lobby’s Open Door in Albany” — Housing Justice for All" data-secret="ZWS8VfKDk2" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://housingjusticeforall.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-19-at-7.59.06-AM.png8041048Lobbying disclosure data shows that top real estate organizations spent $13.56 million on lobbyists from 2019-2023. Over the last five years, the real estate industry’s lobbying activity focused on opposing Good Cause eviction protections rather than on policies to advance the production of housing. Albany lawmakers, legislative staff, and members of the Executive Chamber staff kept an open door to real estate, data shows they were lobbied thousands of times during the past five years.