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Last month, African Communities Together (ACT)  hosted a webinar titled: The Hidden Hand in Housing: Unpacking Private Equity’s Role in Our Housing Crisis, which focused on the LA-based private equity firm, the…

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 July 2025. Featured coverage Wall St. Firms Are Buying…

A recent article in the Columbus Dispatch, “When Wall Street is your landlord: How institutional investors impact central Ohio,” found that six corporate landlords have acquired a…

PESP warns Trump’s Executive Order opening 401(k)s to private equity poses significant risks to working Americans’ retirement savings Executive Order could benefit Wall Street firms while exposing retirement savers to higher fees, poor returns, and hidden risks Today, President Donald…

As of July 2025, several major cities have passed bans against RealPage, an algorithmic property management software owned by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo. These cities include San Francisco, Minneapolis, San Diego, and Philadelphia. Other…

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 June 2025. Featured coverage Why Is BlackRock Gunning to…

Kansas City Tenants Union (KCTU) members gained major concessions from their landlord. The successful negotiation led to the end of a historic rent strike that they say is the longest to  ever to occur in the region.

The Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) and Manufactured Housing Action (MHAction) have released an update to the Private Equity Manufactured Housing Tracker, a groundbreaking tool monitoring private equity and hedge fund ownership of…

On March 28, 2025, residents of Kristana Estates in Dewitt Township, Michigan were notified by owner TIR Equities that the park would close on April 1 and that they had to move out, shocking residents, including a man…

Brookfield Properties is owned by Brookfield Corporation, a private equity firm headquartered in Canada. As of 2025, Brookfield Properties owns over 41,000 units of multifamily housing units across four countries with over 9,000…

Today, Congress passed the Republican budget bill in a devastating blow to millions of working class Americans and a huge win for the private equity industry and its billionaire backers.  The passage of this bill represents…

RealPage, the property management software owned by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, continues to earn scrutiny as states across the country introduce legislation to ban its usage.  Several major cities have passed ordinances that ban the…