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NPR Reports on Private Equity Acquiring Mobile Home Parks and Rendering Them Unaffordable to Homeowners Who Live There
Earlier this month NPR’s Planet Money investigated what happens when big investors like private equity firms spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying mobile home parks and make them less affordable for the people who live there. NPR, August 6,…
As Supreme Court Lifts Eviction Moratorium with Tens of Billions in Assistance Still Available, Corporate Landlords Must Halt Evictions, Work with Residents to Access Assistance
With the US Supreme Court’s August 27 decision to lift the CDC eviction moratorium, private equity firms and other corporate landlords that have filed to evict at least 85,000 residents since the federal eviction moratorium took effect face a…
Texas Observer: The CDC Halted Evictions. Texas Judges Are Proceeding Anyway.
When the Texas Supreme Court declined to extend its ruling giving judges the authority to enforce the CDC moratorium, Ally Harris, a community educator with the nonprofit Texas Housers says they essentially “nullified the CDC moratorium without going against the…
PESP Testifies at House Subcommittee Hearing on the Evictions Crisis
Clyburn deeply troubled that many large corporate landlords have been aggressively attempting to remove thousands from their homes On July 27, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) testified at a Hearing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus…
Toronto Star: Pretium Partners is Under Investigation. Critics ask (again) Why a Major Canadian Pension Fund Formed an $870M Partnership with the Company
The Toronto Star probed into the $700-million (U.S.) joint venture between Pretium Partners and Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP), which invests the retirement savings of most federal employees, to invest in rental homes in the United States.
As Federal Eviction Moratorium Expires with Tens of Billions in Assistance Still Available, Corporate Landlords Must Halt Evictions, Work with Residents to Access Assistance
With the expiration on July 31 of the CDC eviction moratorium, private equity firms and other corporate landlords who have filed to evict at least 75,000 residents since the federal eviction moratorium took affect face a choice – work with…
House Hoarders: Private Equity Edition – Don Mullen, CEO of Pretium Partners
Some people collect stamps. Others collect coins. A special few even collect back scratchers and traffic cones. For hobbyists like these, there’s charm and salve in discovering and curating a wide-ranging set of rarities and oddities. The pastime is one…
As End of CDC Eviction Moratorium Nears, Warren Calls on Large Corporate Landlords to Avoid Needless Evictions
On the heels of a hearing on evictions by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to eleven major corporate landlords, calling on them to commit to helping tenants obtain…
Private Equity Stakeholder Project to Congress: Seek Penalties against Corporate Landlords that Violated the Eviction Moratorium; Assess Potential Civil Rights Violations; Require Corporate Landlords to Work with Renters to Access Available Assistance
Private Equity Stakeholder Project Executive Director Jim Baker testified at a Hearing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, along with affected renters, the National Low Income Housing Coalition and others on Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill.
Private Equity Stakeholder Project to Testify in Congressional Hearing on Evictions
Private Equity Stakeholder Project Executive Director Jim Baker will be joining affected renters, the National Low Income Housing Coalition and others at a hearing on Tuesday, July 27, testifying on the state of evictions during the coronavirus pandemic, the status…
Corporate Landlords Ramp Up Eviction Actions Even as Renters Struggle to Access Tens of Billions of Dollars in Rental Assistance; Lawmakers Respond
Private equity firms and other large landlords are stepping up eviction actions ahead of the July 31 expiration of the CDC eviction moratorium even as renters struggle to access the billions of dollars in federal rental assistance that is still…
