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Asking the question, “What does it mean when your family’s home is owned by a private equity firm?” Next City Executive Director Lucas Grindley talked with housing correspondent Roshan Abraham about his reporting on Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia (IX),…
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…
CNBC reported on how institutional investors “may control 40% of U.S. single-family rental homes by 2030” and how “a group of Washington, D.C., lawmakers say Wall Street needs to back away from the market.” CNBC, February 21, 2023: Wall…
The use of automation to improve profit outcomes for large corporations is not a new phenomenon.[1] Even before the creation of computers and cellphones, technology has been used by those in power to lessen the amount of…
Tenants, retirees and community allies across North Carolina have been organizing around the North Carolina Retiree System’s (NCRS) investment in Progress Residential, observing the negative impact the company has had on the residents and communities of North Carolina. PESP’s testimony…
A new post from the Mapping Atlanta blog project investigates Atlanta’s corporate rental landscape, adding important nuance to an already active discussion around renters’ rights, race, extraction, and power. Authored by Taylor Shelton, Assistant Professor of Geosciences at Georgia…
On Thursday, March 2, Nichole Heil, PESP climate researcher/campaigner gave testimony in support of proposed legislation in the Oregon House of Representatives, HB 2601. As written, the bill would require the Oregon State Treasurer to exit from certain carbon-intensive…
A new report released by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project provides an analysis of private equity (PE) deal activity in the US healthcare sector during 2022. The report, “Recent Trends in Private Equity Healthcare Acquisitions…
Workers from the Refresco bottling plant in Wharton, NJ, attempted to bring their concerns about conditions in their plant to the corporate headquarters of private equity firm KKR today. It was the second attempt…
Mary Bugbee, PESP researcher, was featured in an episode of the Fierce Healthcare podcast called Podnosis. Mary spoke on the striking findings from the new PESP report “Private…
In recent years, private equity-owned physician staffing companies Envision Healthcare (KKR) and TeamHealth (Blackstone) have attracted public scrutiny for the profits they generated from surprise medical bills. Surprise medical bills arise when patients go to a seemingly in-network provider for…
Pretium Partners’ Don Mullen is attempting to win back the good graces of lawmakers. In an open letter released the same day the Biden administration launched new federal housing guidelines, the private equity CEO encouraged the White House and…
