Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly

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BREAKING: The FTC is taking action against Invitation Homes, the largest single-family home landlord. (www.ftc.gov)

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"The corporate landlord will also be required to clearly disclose its leasing prices, establish policies and procedures to handle security deposit refunds fairly, and stop other unlawful behavior."

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[–] itsprobablyfine 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So I've gotten that impression but admit I haven't been following closely. Could you give like a tldr top 5 or something? Hard to Google that kind of thing

[–] phdepressed 18 points 3 months ago

Generally stopping mergers to prevent monopolies such as preventing Nvidia from buying ARM in 2022
Right to repair being FTC policy from July 2021
Big pharma drug prices being too high (e.g. insulin and inhalers).
She at least tried some stuff against Meta and Microsoft (but those were unsuccessful) but at least she tried-more than any previous FTC chair anyway.
Right in this article, housing prices, this isn't the first landlord/owner class she's gone against.