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Blackstone’s track record is why PRC should reject takeover The following op-ed by PESP Senior Research Coordinator Nichole Heil published in June in the Albuquerque Journal: New Mexico is among the states most exposed to private equity ownership across essential…
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project and the Tenant Union Federation have released a new guide to landlord research for tenants looking to identify the ultimate owner of their property. What is landlord research? Researching your landlord…
What is landlord research? Researching your landlord involves finding strategic information about the person who owns your home that can help you as a tenant to solve problems in your housing situation. Perhaps someone bought your…
In April, Los Angeles teachers secured a strong new contract that averted what would have been an historic strike. Just days before the contract win, a PESP report revealed that hundreds of millions of dollars of Los Angeles…
We’re proud to share the Private Equity Stakeholder Project’s latest Impact Report. Private equity and other private funds have grown substantially in recent years and now control over $24 trillion in assets…
Last month, PESP released an update to the Private Equity Multi-Family Housing Tracker, generating significant media coverage in a number of outlets. The updated tracker showed that private equity firms now own about 13% of all U.S.
While Americans contend with a widespread affordability crisis, the cost of housing and corporate landlords’ involvement in rising rents have come to the fore of public debate. In an effort to address housing affordability, policymakers across the country have advanced…
Introduction Private equity and related corporate landlords have received more attention from elected officials, community organizers, tenant unions and the media in recent years. News story after news story reveals the negative impact of institutional real…
On June 9, Nichole Heil of PESP provided the below testimony to the El Paso, Texas City Council regarding the proposed Meta data center: Good morning. My name is Nichole with the Private Equity Stakeholder Project. We are a nonprofit…
PESP: New Mexico recommendation shows why Blackstone should not own PNM utility Hearing examiners’ finding that Blackstone and TXNM violated state law raises new doubts about proposed utility takeover Santa Fe, NM — The Private Equity…
Investors continue retreat from private markets in 2026, underperformance persists Public pension funds have continued to scale back their exposure to private equity in 2026, a trend responding to the asset class’s anemic returns and weakening economic outlook overall.
Private equity firms have spent nearly $200 billion on data center deals and have been behind 80 to 90 percent of completed mergers and acquisitions in the data center-related industries in the past…
