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As COVID-19 Surges in Florida and Arizona, Starwood Capital Eviction Cases Loom for Residents
Multiple cases appear to violate federal CARES Act eviction moratorium While the COVID-19 pandemic has kept people at home, private equity firm Starwood Capital, one of the largest apartment owners in the United States, has filed dozens of complaints to…
Private equity landlords advance evictions during COVID-19 pandemic
Over the last decade, private equity and similar investment firms have bought up growing portions of the US housing market, acquiring apartments, single family homes, and manufactured home communities. Wall Street landlords now own the homes of millions…
Report: Cerberus Capital Management’s three-headed attack on homeowners, tenants
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…
Private Equity’s Responsibilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(pdf version) Over the last several years, the private equity and private funds industry has grown dramatically and, in the process, has come to touch more and more aspects of people’s lives. Private market assets under management hit an…
Report: A “Hostage” Strategy for Housing Investment?
TPG Capital Partners with RV Horizons to Purchase 78 Manufactured Home Communities Based in San Francisco, California and Fort Worth, Texas, TPG Capital is a private equity firm with over $119 billion in assets under management. TPG has an extensive…
Financial Times: US private equity moves into trailer parks
In a May 19 opinion piece, Rana Foroohar of the Financial Times highlighted the growing ownership by private equity firms of manufactured home (i.e. mobile home) communities, drawing on the February 2019 report by the Private Equity Stakeholder…
Update: The Continuing Threat of Private Equity Investment in Single Family Rentals
Earlier this month, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, the Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, and the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), put out an update on private equity investment in single family rental homes.
AP: Private equity firms rapidly investing in mobile home parks
The Associated Press last week published a story on growing investment by private equity firms in manufactured home (i.e. mobile home) communities, citing a February report by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, MHAction and the Americans for Financial…
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver features our manufactured home report
Last Sunday, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ran a long segment on the growing investments by private equity firms in manufactured home (i.e. mobile home) communities, threatening a source of affordable housing for millions of…
Washington Post: “A billion-dollar empire made of mobile homes”
The Washington Post today ran a long article, “A billion-dollar empire made up of mobile homes” on how some of the largest private equity firms in the world, including The Blackstone Group, Apollo Global Management, TPG Capital, Brookfield Asset…