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Thoma Bravo purchased the software company RealPage in 2021. Since then, as of January 2025, there have been more than 30 class action lawsuits brought by renters against the company. These renters allege that RealPage violated…
The Department of Justice announced it filed an amended complaint to its antitrust lawsuit against RealPage (owned by Thoma Bravo) to sue six of the largest U.S. landlords for their alleged participation in a nationwide rental price-fixing…
As the second Trump administration takes power, concerns are mounting surrounding the influence of private equity oligarchs in federal housing policy amidst a national affordable housing crisis. During the January 16 hearing regarding the nomination of…
Last week, the Department of Justice announced it had filed an amended complaint to its antitrust lawsuit against RealPage in order to sue six of the largest U.S. landlords for their alleged participation in a nationwide…
As PESP has written about, RealPage remains the subject of an ongoing Department of Justice lawsuit, along with over 30 class action lawsuits. RealPage has been accused of…
Wall Street watchdog PESP outlines state and local policy options for mitigating the impact of private equity and other institutional investors The Private Equity Stakeholder Project released the fourth installment of its Tools for Tackling Corporate Landlords…
The fourth installment of our Tools for Tackling Corporate Landlords policy analysis series is the 2024 PESP Housing Policy Primer, which consolidates emerging policy solutions to address the increasing corporate domination of housing…
More Perfect Union explored the incursion of private equity and corporate landlords into manufactured housing in a recent video. More Perfect Union, September 18, 2024: “Private Equity’s Ruthless Takeover Of The Last Affordable Housing In…
As Americans reflect on the outcome of the recent presidential election, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project believes that the need for accountability and transparency in the private equity industry is more important than ever, and transcends electoral politics.
Ahead of the 2024 election, the month of October saw a variety of policy developments intended to address the harms created by the private equity industry. Tenant advocates, policymakers and regulators continue to offer solutions to better regulate…
On September 25, 2024, resident leaders with the national manufactured housing advocacy organization and PESP partner MHAction gathered at the Michigan state capitol to advocate for a series of bills that would improve protections for manufactured housing residents.
RealPage is now officially the subject of a lawsuit by the United States Department of Justice and eight state Attorneys General which alleges that RealPage works with competing landlords to share sensitive information…
