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Private Equity Stakeholder Project Executive Director Jim Baker presented data on the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s (NLIHC’s) National Call on the HoUSed Campaign for Universal, Stable, & Affordable Housing. Baker spoke after a representative from the CFPB talked about…
The nation’s largest corporate landlords received about $320 million in federal COVID-19 relief subsidies, but still filed thousands of evictions — even during the CDC moratorium. After months of research into eviction data and COVID-19 subsidies, Jobs With Justice…
The nation’s largest corporate landlords received about $320 million in federal COVID-19 relief subsidies, but still filed thousands of evictions — even during the CDC moratorium. After months of research into eviction data and COVID-19 subsidies, Jobs With Justice…
While the recent surge in COVID-19 cases around the US has overwhelmed hospitals and led governments to reimpose restrictions, many private equity firms and other corporate landlords that own apartment buildings, rental homes, and mobile home parks do not seem…
On September 1, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a moratorium on residential evictions through the end of the year to help limit the spread of COVID-19, noting: “In the…
Earlier this week, NBC News featured a lengthy investigative story by Gretchen Morgenson on evictions by private equity firms and other corporate landlords since the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced an eviction moratorium on September 1…
On September 1, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a moratorium on residential evictions through the end of the year to help limit the spread of COVID-19, noting: “In the context of a…
When Toys ‘R’ Us shut down earlier this year, 33,000 workers lost their jobs. Now, two of the company’s former owners and creditors, KKR and Bain Capital, have contributed $20 million to a fund to support laid off Toys…
In October, the New York Times highlighted the efforts of fired Toys “R” Us workers to win a hardship fund from the financial firms that took Toys “R” Us into bankruptcy and liquidation as part of a broader story on…
