America’s Billionaire Landlords

While the pandemic has devastated minority communities, a small handful of wealthy, billionaire landlords are cashing in to the tune of millions. In this episode, Sara Myklebust from Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative and Patrick Woodall from Americans for Financial Reform discuss the findings from their new report: “Cashing in Our Homes.”  The report, produced by Bargaining for the Common Good, the Institute for Policy Studies, and the Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, details how a handful of billionaires and corporate landlords have seen the pandemic as an opportunity to cash in on hard times.

Access the report at: https://ips-dc.org/cashing-in-on-our-homes/