'Buy to rent' affects Black homebuyers more

+ how often do you lie? US Edition - Today's top story: I studied 1 million home sales in metro Atlanta and found that Black families are being squeezed out of homeownership by corporate investors [View in browser]( US Edition | 26 October 2023 [The Conversation] [The Conversation]( Top headlines - [New House speaker leads a weakened GOP majority]( - [Think twice before buying cold and flu meds]( - [Texas debates: Should clergy be school counselors?]( Lead story When American house prices collapsed in the wake of the 2008 recession, big investors started scooping up affordable single-family homes across the country, converting them to rental properties. It’s still happening today. But do corporate investors who “buy to rent” elbow other prospective homebuyers out of the market?


 Brian Y. An, a public policy professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, looked at [nearly a decade’s worth]( of property transactions in the Atlanta area to find out. What he discovered was disturbing: The trend really does suppress homeownership, and Black families pay a particularly high price. [ [Miss us on Sundays? Get a selection of our best and most popular stories (or try our other weekly emails).]([]]( Tracy Walsh Economy + Business Editor Corporate investors own nearly one-third of all single-family rental properties in Atlanta. Kruck20/iStock via Getty Images [I studied 1 million home sales in metro Atlanta and found that Black families are being squeezed out of homeownership by corporate investors]( Brian Y. An, Georgia Institute of Technology Black would-be homeowners pay the price when big investors buy up the neighborhood. Politics + Society - [New House Speaker Mike Johnson leads a GOP majority weakened by decades of declining party authority]( Matthew Green, Catholic University of America The problems faced by the House GOP in choosing a new speaker aren’t particular to Republicans. They’re a reflection of larger problems that have afflicted both parties in Congress. - [UN warns that Gaza desperately needs more aid − an emergency relief expert explains why it is especially tough working in Gaza]( Paul Spiegel, Johns Hopkins University Government sanctions against Hamas, which the US and the European Union consider a terrorist group, mean that aid groups are not able to directly work with Hamas. - [Back in the 1960s, the push for parental rights over school standards was not led by white conservatives but by Black and Latino parents]( Jerald Podair, Lawrence University With control over the Virginia Legislature at stake in the Nov. 7 election, the historic battle over what is taught in public schools remains a priority for both Democrats and Republicans. Health + Medicine - [FDA advisory panel’s conclusion that oral phenylephrine is ineffective means consumers need to think twice when buying cold and flu meds]( Lucas Berenbrok, University of Pittsburgh; Colleen Culley, University of Pittsburgh; Karen Steinmetz Pater, University of Pittsburgh If phenylephrine works no better than a placebo, then what else might help with colds and flu? International - [Turkey faces competing pressures from Russia and the West to end its ‘middleman strategy’ and pick a side on the war in Ukraine]( Ozgur Ozkan, Tufts University Turkey walks a fine line between NATO commitments and Western alliances and its dependence on Russia for financial resources and trade. Ethics + Religion - [Public schools and faith-based chaplains: Texas’ new combination is testing the First Amendment]( Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton Recent Supreme Court decisions have signaled a shift in how the country’s highest court interprets the limits on religion in schools. Education - [To better understand addiction, students in this course take a close look at liquor in literature]( Debra J. Rosenthal, John Carroll University This course beckons students to examine how alcoholic beverages are portrayed in books by American authors. Science + Technology - [How often do you lie? Deception researchers investigate how the recipient and the medium affect telling the truth]( Christian B. Miller, Wake Forest University Researchers are interested in whether who you’re communicating with and how you’re interacting affect how likely you are to lie. Trending on site - [Antisemitism has moved from the right to the left in the US − and falls back on long-standing stereotypes]( - [The Rio Grande isn’t just a border – it’s a river in crisis]( - [Israeli invasion of Gaza likely to resemble past difficult battles in Iraq and Syria]( Today's graphic 📈 [An example of a strength training routine for older adults based on the National Strength and Conditioning Association guidelines The chart includes a list of exercises with the number of sets, repetitions per set and intensity.]( From the story, [Steep physical decline with age is not inevitable – here’s how strength training can change the trajectory]( - - More of The Conversation Like this newsletter? You might be interested in our weekly and biweekly emails: • [Weekly Highlights]( • [Science Editors' Picks]( • [This Week in Religion]( • [Politics Weekly]( • [Global Perspectives]( • [Global Economy & Business]( Trying out new social media? Follow us: • [Threads]( • [Bluesky]( • [Mastodon](• [Post.news]( • [LinkedIn]( - - About The Conversation We're a nonprofit news organization dedicated to [helping academic experts share ideas with the public](. We can give away our articles thanks to the help of foundations, universities and readers like you. [Donate now to support research-based journalism]( [The Conversation]( You’re receiving this newsletter from [The Conversation]( 303 Wyman Street, Suite 300 Waltham, MA 02451 [Forward to a friend]( • [Unsubscribe](