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The private equity firm Brookfield Asset Management has gotten back into the housing market in a big way recently, a notable change from just a few years before, when Brookfield unloaded $10 billion of US rental housing in…
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…
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…
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.
Madalyn Beckett, a resident of a manufactured home park outside Lansing, Michigan, that was owned by the private equity firm Havenpark and is now owned by another private equity company, Cambio Communities, spoke at the “People’s State of…
As pensions pull back from private equity, PESP and lawmakers raise concerns about fees, liquidity, and weakened investor protections The Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) has submitted a formal comment letter to the Department of…
On May 19, 2026, Michigan’s Senate passed a bill package with bipartisan support and both resident and industry backing that seeks to overhaul Michigan’s manufactured housing regulations.[1] If passed in the house, SB 934-939 would be…
The customer experience management software Medallia has been making headlines recently for having its debt marked down to what is considered a “distressed” level. Medallia is owned by Chicago-based firm…
