Okay, here's a map I made to show all 9,000+ units owned by Invitation Homes in California. It's mind-blowing to look at this on the neighborhood level. Check out the map on my weekly post: sacramentoappraisalblog.com/2023/12/04/thi…

Invitation Homes, née Blackstone, increased rents on 1,900 homes above CA state limits on rent increases, settles for $3.7M. But sure, private equity & corporate consolidation of housing are just emotional foils that we prop up to achieve some phony moral high ground…

Invitation Homes: New Program Providing Asset and Property Management Services for Competitors May Violate Section 1 of the Sherman Act, Antitrust Experts Say $INVH h/t Lisa Epstein library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/7tdg05mbk…

TCF does it again! 8/22- TCF Report 8/23- DOJ Sues

The Bancorp Inc: Company Downgraded $87 Million in Real Estate Bridge Loans Last Quarter; After 2019 and 2022 Enforcement Actions, Recent Bancorp Transactions Could Raise Red Flags at SEC $TBBK library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/7y2h06t37… h/t Lisa Epstein & Vikas

"Georgia Tech Professor Brian An has tried to study how corporations do as landlords. He analyzed code enforcement complaints and found large corporate landlords saw complaints five times higher than traditional homeownership." #InvitationHomes $INVH wsbtv.com/news/local/atl…

Dave: Consumer Advocacy Groups Take Issue with Dave's Position on Overdraft Structure for Cash Advance Product $DAVE $ML $PYPL $TBBK library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/7yzb9zeqx… h/t Lisa Epstein & kimgeiger

Invitation Homes: Real Estate Developer Bronson's Director Duties at Invitation Homes, Rival Starwood Could Violate Clayton Act's Section 8 $INVH $STWD library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/7yz9m98xp… h/t Lisa Epstein

WOW: Senators Elizabeth Warren, Van Hollen express concern over "harms posed by lack of oversight of BasS providers and fintech companies," including specifically mentioning Stripe, Chime, Cash App & others. They ask agencies to ban use of FDIC logo for pass-through coverage.

CFPB August Complaint Data: Consumers Tell CFPB that Bancorp Bank's Nonbank Partners, Including Incomm, PayPal, and Chime, Refuse to Rectify Complaints Related to Inaccessible Funds and Unauthorized Transactions $HOOD $PYPL $TBBK library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/808e5avtj… h/t Lisa Epstein

Voters say inflation is their number one issue. Lina Khan, the youngest ever to chair the Federal Trade Commission, thinks that corporate consolidation helps drive prices up on everything from food to concert tickets. cbsn.ws/3XAJJob

Great work by our team and Lisa Epstein on highlighting the problematic practices at $INVH. The FTC took action against it today. ftc.gov/news-events/ne…. library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/4uq0efw54…; library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/252vx94ud…

#InvitationHomes: $INVH Tenants Say Rental Homes Poorly Maintained, Violate Habitability Standards and Local Housing Codes, Company Deaf to Concerns - The Capitol Forum (2018) thecapitolforum.com/invitation-hom…

Grocery chains are bigger than ever. See who runs the stores near you. wapo.st/4e93KZU

“The complaint cites a 2019 email from Invitation Homes’ CEO calling on the senior vice president responsible for overseeing the company’s fee program to ‘juice this hog’ by making the smart home fee mandatory for renters.”

Congressional Report Examining Pandemic Evictions: A Report on Abuses by #InvitationHomes $INVH & Three Other Corporate Landlords During the Coronavirus Crisis. (house.gov) …navirus-democrats-oversight.house.gov/news/press-rel…

Single-Family Rental Landlords Including #InvitationHomes $INVH Keep Tenant Security Deposits, Pad Move-Out Statements, Turn Former Tenants’ Accounts Over to Debt Collectors - @Cap_Forum (2018) thecapitolforum.com/single-family-…

Scoop: The FTC is investigating Planned Co, the building services/staffing biz, over alleged no-poach agreements with client buildings. An NLRB regional director hit the company with a complaint over the practice two weeks ago. Only in The Capitol Forum library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/80nd143jh…

In addition to consumer harms caused by #InvitationHomes $INVH, The Capitol Forum has also reported on antitrust risks that the single-family corporate landlord may be taking.

*SIGH* A medication my PBM previously covered just fine, now denied. Like many premium paying patients denied care despite meeting PA criteria, I'm too fatigued after weeks of navigation to fight it--which is what billion $ PBMs want. We give up, they profit more. FTC