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Last week, officials with the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Board sent out letters to dozens of debt collectors and major landlords who collectively house more than two million people, including the The Carlyle Group, Morgan Stanley,…
Reuters investigates the big, deep-pocketed corporate landlords with property portfolios spanning multiple states that have been the most aggressive in filing eviction cases, even as they have thrived in the pandemic. Reuters, Apr 23, 2021: Special Report-Giant U.S. landlords…
Addressing calls to step up enforcement of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national ban on evictions, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced an interim rule on Monday that will allow tenants to sue debt collectors that violate…
The Wall Street Journal reports on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission beginning to investigate companies that may have broken a federal eviction moratorium during the health crisis. The agencies said they would focus on private-equity…
The Hill reports on the calls for the federal government to step up enforcement of the CDC eviction moratorium as private equity firms and other corporate landlords have filed to evict residents despite the ban. The Hill, Apr 15,…
NPR followed the plight of a single mom who owed less than $1,200 when she got evicted, yet ending up losing a home she owned outright and had lived in for 16 years. NPR, Apr 16, 2021: Losing It…
Bloomberg reported that corporate landlords controlled by Pretium Partners LLC have sought evictions for unpaid rent against 1,300 residents in seven states, seeking to evict thousands of cash-strapped tenants despite a federal moratorium. Bloomberg, Apr 14, 2021: Private…
The Washington Post reports on Treasury Department officials being given nearly $50 billion in emergency aid for renters who have fallen behind, and are racing to distribute it through hundreds of state, local and tribal housing agencies, some of which…
Business Insider reveals that the driving force of the evictions crisis is how corporate landlords are becoming an increasingly dominant player in the U.S. rental market, and they are more likely to throw their tenants out onto the street.
“Do you remember the old eighties game Mouse Trap?” The New Yorker follows the harrowing journey of one mobile-home resident’s fight against the inequities and sorrow caused by investment firms’ increasing ownership of manufactured home communities. New Yorker,…
Using very moving, sometimes chilling examples of the consequences faced by ordinary families who live in single family rental housing owned by private equity and big corporate firms, The Toronto Star presents arguments on how that industry “is structurally…
Earlier this week, NBC News featured a lengthy investigative story by Gretchen Morgenson on evictions by private equity firms and other corporate landlords since the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced an eviction moratorium on September 1…
