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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…
Letter signed by 15 organizations endorses ownership disclosure requirements for Medicare/Medicaid facilities On Wednesday, April 12, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) and Public Citizen submitted an endorsed comment letter to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of the Centers…
Private Equity Stakeholder Project has launched a new report series titled “Tools for Tackling Corporate Landlords.” The series outlines state and local policy options for mitigating the negative impacts of institutional housing investment…
Some of private equity firm Blackstone’s largest investors have increased scrutiny of the private equity firm after Blackstone-owned slaughterhouse cleaning company Packers Sanitation Services (PSSI) in February paid a $1.5 million US Department of Labor (DOL) fine for “oppressive…
In early March, PESP researcher Michael Fenne participated in a panel discussion at the 2023 National Disability Rights Virtual Conference, hosted by the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN). The panel title was “Using Access Authority to as a Tool…
In light of the growing investor interest in healthcare and the risks associated with private equity ownership of healthcare companies, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project is tracking private equity-backed healthcare acquisitions. Below is a list of private equity healthcare…
Sycamore Partners has ignored multiple messages since November 2022 from Private Equity Stakeholder Project and worker organizations requesting a meeting to discuss how they can improve conditions for the workers they employ and those in their supply chain.
See Fact Sheet here. A handful of private equity firms, drawing on capital from pension funds, foundations, endowments, insurance companies, and other institutional investors have invested heavily in companies providing services to prisons, jails, and detention facilities around the…
Last month, U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) introduced new legislation to combat private equity’s negative influences in the American healthcare system. The federal bill, also known as the Healthcare Ownership Transparency Act (HOT Act),…
Private equity and venture capital see opportunity in federal programs for underserved communities PESP’s recent report “Private Equity Descends on Rural Healthcare” reveals the extent to which private equity firms are investing in the rural healthcare space, from creating…
Private equity firm KKR commits more capital as important FID is reached Private equity firm KKR has committed new funding to the proposed Port Arthur Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) export terminal as the project reached…
After receiving notice that members of United Renters for Justice/Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia would be speaking at its board meeting, and had organized a mass digital action urging its diligence around investments in Pretium Partners, the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement…
