The paper focuses on the Atlanta region and describes the factors contributing to the increase of private equity and real estate investment trusts in single-family home ownership, and how this affects low-income working-class communities of color.
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Eric Seymour
Seymour – Corporate Landlords and Pandemic and Prepandemic Evictions in Las Vegas
Professor Eric Seymour’s latest research examines trends in evictions and filings associated with extended-stay and single-family rentals in the Las Vegas area.
Housing: What is a land contract? Advantages, disadvantages of the homeownership practice
The pandemic housing market has been especially tough for homebuyers looking at the lower end of the price spectrum, so many are looking at alternative financing through land contracts, which can be particularly predatory. While it can be a potential path toward...
Research: The impact of current and former REOs across owner types: the case of Detroit
The study draws on home sale price data in the Detroit tri-county area from 2008–2013. Results indicate REOs owned by HUD and private entities are associated with substantial discounts.
Biden housing plan includes first attempts to slow corporate landlords active in NC
But until such legislation is passed, some experts say governments might be limited in how they can regulate corporate landlords. “There’s not a whole lot that the government can do directly to intervene,” said Eric Seymour, a Rutgers University housing researcher and...
Research: Decline-induced displacement: the case of Detroit
A new paper by Eric Seymour and Joshua Akers draws on a case study of Detroit and finds evidence of displacement pressures driven by the collapse of home prices, not their escalation.
Research: Housing insecurity and eviction in Las Vegas following the 2008-09 recession
The authors examine the extent to which large institutional landlords were more likely to evict tenants compared to landlords with smaller holdings.
Research: Pathways Through Which Rent Burden is Produced in U.S. Shrinking and Growing Cities
The study indicates both shrinking and non-shrinking cities exhibit different trajectories of income and rent.
Research: Lead levels in investor-owned housing in Detroit
Investor-landlords who purchase foreclosed properties appear less likely than other owners to maintain their acquisitions.
Detroit reviewing link between tax auction, housing instability in response to UM study
The mortgage and tax foreclosure crisis of the past decade has reshaped Detroit’s low-income housing markets. The majority of Detroit households are renters now, and they’re becoming increasingly reliant on corporate landlords. New research by Joshua Akers of the...
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