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Next week, private equity and real estate giant The Blackstone Group will hold its Global Real Estate LP Conference and Global Private Equity LP Conference at the luxurious The Boca Raton resort in Boca Raton, Florida. The resort…
Fox13 in Utah looked at how some Salt Lake City apartments owned by investment firms and managed by large corporations impose multiple, often unaffordable fees on top of rent in order to generate more income. Fees are a feature of…
A committee in Frederick, Maryland has recommended changes to the city’s rules for licensing rental properties. The committee’s suggestions fall in line with recommendations outlined in Private Equity Stakeholder Project’s recent report, “Tools…
Columbus, Ohio’s NBC4 featured a story about PESP’s recent report that looked at Progress Residential, a landlord with more than 1,100 properties in central Ohio. NBC4, April 17, 2023: Report calls for changes by ‘predatory’ central Ohio…
On Wednesday, May 3, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new amendments to enhance private fund reporting. According to the SEC, the rule amendments will “enhance the ability of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) to…
Private equity firm The Carlyle Group reported earlier this week that its fundraising declined by 48% over the last twelve months through March 2023.[1] Carlyle reported raising $27.6 billion during the twelve months ending March 31, 2023…
What Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse and bailout mean for private equity, and how regulators can prevent a future crisis Silicon Valley Bank collapsed on March 10, 2023 following a dramatic bank run. Regulators had to step in to contain the…
The report “Blackstone Comes to Collect: How America’s Largest Landlord and Wall Street’s Highest Paid CEO Are Jacking Up Rents and Ramping Up Evictions” released by The Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) and Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment…
Vice covered PESP and ACCE’s report, BLACKSTONE COMES TO COLLECT: How America’s Largest Landlord and Wall Street’s Highest Paid CEO Are Jacking Up Rents and Ramping Up Evictions. THe report described how Blackstone, the country’s largest landlord, resumed evictions…
Progress Residential – the largest and one of the worst predatory corporate landlords in the South – has a track record of mistreating and exploiting vulnerable renters, according to a newly released report co-authored by the Private Equity…
Progress Residential – the largest and one of the worst predatory corporate landlords in the South – has a track record of mistreating and exploiting vulnerable renters, according to a newly released report co-authored by the Private Equity…
Private Equity Stakeholder Project has launched a new report series titled “Tools for Tackling Corporate Landlords.” The series outlines state and local policy options for mitigating the negative impacts of institutional housing investment…
