After a year-long investigation, a Congressional subcommittee says four corporate landlords were quick to push out renters during the pandemic, and filed nearly three times as many eviction

actions as previously reported — almost 15,000 in all. The findings add data and detail to a growing body of reporting — and mounting complaints — about investor landlords, including

concerns that they are fueling skyrocketing rents amid a historic shortage of affordable housing. “As countless Americans acted admirably to support their communities during the coronavirus

crisis, the four landlord companies…evicted aggressively to pad their profits,” said House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) in a statement. READ THIS STORY FOR FREE To continue reading,