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On the recordJune 12, 2024
It's estimated that, by the end of this decade, the hedge funds will own some 40 percent of the single-family rental houses in America.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley discusses the growing ownership of rental homes by hedge funds.

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