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There has been a recent settlement related to the public movement against RealPage, the property-management software purchased by private equity firm Thoma Bravo in 2021. RealPage has been accused of assisting landlords in artificially inflating rents through…
The Miami Workers Center (MWC) is a community-based organization which organizes towards dignity, power, and self-determination with workers, tenants, women, and families across Miami. Since 1999, MWC has run grassroots campaigns to strengthen and expand rights and resources…
Today, 24 residents of Yes! Communities across four states and advocacy groups MHAction and the Private Equity Stakeholder Project published an open letter to Brookfield Asset Management urging the private equity firm to commit to a basic…
On September 11, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) gave public comment at the Texas County and District Retirement System (TCDRS), Board of Trustees’ Meeting about TCDRS’s investment in Thoma Bravo, the private equity firm that acquired the…
The Tenant Union Federation (TUF), a nationwide coalition of tenant unions with locals in five states and dozens more affiliated unions across the country, has launched a groundbreaking multi-state organizing campaign against the corporate landlord Capital Realty Group.
PESP’s latest housing report shows in new detail how the poorest renters have shouldered the largest rent increases in recent years. “The Poorest Renters, the Sharpest Increases” reveals that from 2021 to 2025,…
To download a PDF version of this report, click here. Key takeaways From 2021 to 2025, there was more than a 20% increase in rents at workforce housing apartments, the lowest-rent sector of market-rate housing…
Alden Global Capital – the hedge fund infamous for slashing newsroom jobs at hundreds of U.S. newspapers it acquired – has made a dramatic incursion into the manufactured housing market via its affiliate Homes of America. Since 2021,…
PESP’s work and research into the private equity industry generates significant media coverage in numerous outlets. Scroll down to see where our expertise was featured in August 2025. Featured coverage Stateside: Tuesday, August 12, 2025…
The gyrations of public markets so far this year have been dizzying, but signals from private markets are equally nausea inducing. Industry experts and practitioners are expressing pessimism and some say alternative assets are in irreversible decline. Faced…
In May, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) released an in-depth report showing that large, corporate landlords are contributing to evictions and reducing housing quality in the Kansas City Metro area. LISC is…
Private equity forms new dark money group to gain access to Americans’ 401(K)s The $22 trillion private equity industry has drawn on a familiar playbook in creating a new dark money group called the “Council for a Safe and…
