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A recent NBC News investigation examines the experiences of residents living in manufactured housing communities owned by private equity and other corporate landlords. Over the past 20 years, manufactured home communities…
A recent investigation into private equity landlord Greystar’s controversial junk fees featured analysis by PESP. Private equity landlords are known for layering on junk fees to leases, leaving tenants with additional monthly fees…
With a spate of laws passed during the 2025-2026 legislative session, the state of Maine is breaking new ground when it comes to protecting manufactured housing residents from corporate landlord-related consolidation and resident displacement. During this…
In light of continued 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 buyouts,…
The private equity firm Brookfield Asset Management has gotten back into the housing market in a big way recently, a notable change from just a few years before, when Brookfield unloaded $10 billion of US rental housing in…
New OIG findings raise questions about private equity’s growing role in Medicaid PESP points to recent reports on private equity-backed Medicaid contractors and autism therapy providers as examples of areas deserving greater scrutiny WASHINGTON, DC —…
Blackstone’s track record is why PRC should reject takeover The following op-ed by PESP Senior Research Coordinator Nichole Heil published in June in the Albuquerque Journal: New Mexico is among the states most exposed to private equity ownership across essential…
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project and the Tenant Union Federation have released a new guide to landlord research for tenants looking to identify the ultimate owner of their property. What is landlord research? Researching your landlord…
What is landlord research? Researching your landlord involves finding strategic information about the person who owns your home that can help you as a tenant to solve problems in your housing situation. Perhaps someone bought your…
In April, Los Angeles teachers secured a strong new contract that averted what would have been an historic strike. Just days before the contract win, a PESP report revealed that hundreds of millions of dollars of Los Angeles…
We’re proud to share the Private Equity Stakeholder Project’s latest Impact Report. Private equity and other private funds have grown substantially in recent years and now control over $24 trillion in assets…
Last month, PESP released an update to the Private Equity Multi-Family Housing Tracker, generating significant media coverage in a number of outlets. The updated tracker showed that private equity firms now own about 13% of all U.S.
