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Press Release: AFR Testifies on Private Equity’s Role in Housing Unaffordability Crisis
Today, Americans for Financial Reform Associate Director of Housing Policy Caroline Nagy testified before the House Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs on the role of institutional investors including private equity firms on the growing housing unaffordability crisis.
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Press Release: More than 260 Groups Oppose Weak Crypto Legislation
A coalition of 261 national and state civil rights, labor, community, consumer, environmental, faith-based, and other organizations sent a letter urging the Senate to oppose the passage of any crypto market structure legislation that fails to address the systemic failures of the crypto industry that can harm investors, financial stability, and the economic security of workers and families.
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Private Equity’s Fossil Fuel Footprint Deepens Climate Injustice in the Global South
A new analysis from the Private Equity Climate Risks (PECR) research consortium, “Unequal Burdens: Private Equity-Backed Fossil Fuel Assets and the Global South,” reveals how the Global South is unfairly burdened by private equity’s investments in fossil fuels.