Watch now: The Hidden Hand in Housing
Last month, African Communities Together (ACT) hosted a webinar titled: The Hidden Hand in Housing: Unpacking Private Equity’s Role in Our Housing Crisis, which focused on the LA-based private equity firm, the…
Explore the issues
Find more information on the issues deeply affected by private equity investments:
New research shows private equity firms make billions through Trump Opportunity Zone tax cut program
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project has released new research analyzing how private equity firms and other developers have raised billions of dollars through the Opportunity Zone initiative, a program established by the 2017 Trump tax plan that is set to…
Golden Opportunity: How private equity profits from the federal Opportunity Zone tax incentive
To download a PDF version of this report, click here. Key points PESP has identified $16.2 billion dollars raised for Qualified Opportunity Funds by about 200 private investment firms. The top 5 Qualified…
New report highlights controversy surrounding CIM Group redevelopment project in Atlanta
A new report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) examines the controversy surrounding the ongoing Centennial Yards redevelopment project led by LA-based private equity firm The CIM Group. With initial estimates for the project in…
City of Atlanta Partners with Controversial CIM Group
To download a PDF version of this report, click here. From the controversial “Cop City” project, to the well-documented corporate infiltration of the single family rental market, Atlanta remains…
Death on CIM Group construction site
The CIM Group is an LA-based private equity firm that has been profiled numerous times on the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) blog, most notably for its mistreatment of tenants at…
New analysis reveals private equity firms own at least 10% of all U.S. apartments
A new analysis from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) reveals that at minimum, private equity firms own 8200 apartment buildings and over 2.2 million units in the U.S., representing about 10% of all apartment units in the…
Private Equity Multi-Family Housing Tracker
➡️ Introduction ➡️ Key Points ➡️ The Private Equity Business Model ➡️ Private Equity Landlords and RealPage ➡️ Problems at Private Equity-Owned Apartments ➡️ Ownership Numbers ➡️ Acquisitions ➡️ Geographic Concentration ➡️…
Concerns surround appointment of private equity insider to head up Federal Housing Finance Agency
As the second Trump administration takes power, concerns are mounting surrounding the influence of private equity oligarchs in federal housing policy amidst a national affordable housing crisis. During the January 16 hearing regarding the nomination of…
Corporate landlords accused of housing discrimination
Corporate landlords have a large amount of control over the US housing market. [1] This places them in a unique position of having enough power to impact the class and racial makeups of certain communities.
New report finds abuses by CIM Group
A new report by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) and African Communities Together (ACT), found that since the Southern Towers Apartment Complex, located in Alexandria, Virginia, was purchased by the Los Angeles-based private equity firm…
CIM Group: In the Headlines
Over the last 15 years, CIM has been the center of headlines in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Wall Street Journal, among other media outlets. The news stories have covered a range of issues: CIM’s…
