He saw families putting in full weeks of work and still coming up short at the end of the month. He saw parents who couldn't find childcare they could afford or couldn't find childcare at all. And he saw Private equity firms [are] buying up mobile home parks across Montana and jacking up the rent on people who had nowhere else to go. And he saw who showed up when everything fell apart. Neighbors, public servants, unions, tenant organizations. Not the corporations who were busy denying the claims, but working people coming together to share what they had so that the entire community could survive. (12:47–12:57)
CLAIM
Asserts that private equity firms are purchasing mobile home parks in Montana and increasing rents.
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