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To download a PDF version of this report, click here. Table of Contents Key Points About Blackstone Blackstone Goes on a Buying Spree Blackstone Hikes Rents in San Diego Blackstone Ramped Up…
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…
Tenant advocates and government officials are expressing mounting concerns over the acceleration of corporate investment in housing. Housing financialization first gained momentum following the 2007-2008 mortgage crisis when Wall Street firms acquired foreclosed homes en masse. In recent years, the…
Progress Residential, the largest Single Family Rental company in the U.S. has extracted over $40 million in wealth from the North Minneapolis community, according to a new report by the Private Equity Stakeholder…
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project has released “Part 2: Challenging State Preemption of Local Affordable Housing Initiatives” as part of its Tools for Tackling Corporate Landlords report series. The series uplifts state…
Progress Residential – the largest and one of the worst predatory corporate landlords in the South – has a track record of mistreating and exploiting vulnerable renters, according to a newly released report co-authored by the Private Equity…
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) and Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) released a new report, “Blackstone Comes to Collect: How America’s Largest Landlord and Wall Street’s Highest Paid CEO Are Jacking Up Rents…
Investing In The Housing Crisis An exploration of the North Carolina public pension system’s relationship with Landmark Partners and the Single Family Rental industry A new report by PESP researchers Jordan Ash and Madeline Bankson, with contributions from Amee…
A new report was released last week by Action Center on Race and the Economy, Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Center for Popular Democracy. “The National Rental Home Council: How America’s Largest Single-Family Landlords Put Profit Over People”…
Cerberus Capital Management has raised tens of billions of dollars from institutional investors, such as pension funds, university endowments, and foundations. Institutional investors should assess whether the returns generated by Cerberus’ investments are adequate for the risks they entail.
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) published a report today detailing how Progress Residential and Front Yard Residential, owned by private equity firm Pretium Partners, have filed to evict more than 1,300 residents during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the companies…
The private equity giant’s forays into the single-family home rental and mortgage business have harmed renters, prospective homebuyers, and homeowners. Our new report, “Cerberus Capital Management’s three-headed attack on homeowners, tenants,” looks at private equity and debt firm Cerberus…
