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Resident group urges council to consider limits on private-equity single-family ownership
Summary
A local organizer asked council to explore limits on institutional ownership of single-family homes and a landlord registry after presenting research that several out-of-state companies own thousands of homes in the county; councilmembers thanked the speaker and asked staff and city attorneys to review legal avenues.
Jordan McLaughlin of Evict Private Equity Columbus urged council to consider ordinance options to limit institutional ownership of single-family homes and to establish a landlord registry. He said six out-of-state companies own "almost 7,000" homes in Columbus and Franklin County, cited a…
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