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101st District Court

Hon. Staci Williams, Presiding The 101st District Court in Dallas County is a civil district court presided over by Judge ...
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Anti-Corporate Landlord | Homeownership Efforts

How Habitat for Humanity, Section 8, HUD-VASH, and NACA are enabling Affordable Homeownership  America’s housing crisis is not just about ...

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of a Corporate Landlord CEO

Why Brookfield's CEO Bruce Flatt’s Remarks Should Give the Public Pause Most people assume that large corporations — especially those ...

Accounting Review Stuart vs Brookfield Properties

Tenant Account of Michael A. Stuart Premises: Apartment 1554, 1800 Main Street, Dallas, Texas Period Reviewed: December 1, 2024 – ...

Attorney Review of Stuart vs Brookfield Properties

Case DC-25-10952 in the 101st Judicial District Court, Dallas County This case involves a long-term, decorated veteran tenant in the ...

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Mission Statement Homepit is a public-interest project that examines how Wall Street is reshaping America’s housing market. We support private ...

A Case of Elder Abuse

Elder Abuse by Financial Exploitation In Stuart v. Brookfield Properties, disabled Air Force veteran Michael Stuart is suing his corporate landlord ...
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Broker Opinion Discussion

Alice Donahue, a licensed Texas Real Estate Broker, provided a professional opinion dated December 5, 2025, reviewing the lease compliance ...

Broker Review Stuart vs Brookfield Properties

PROFESSIONAL OPINION Prepared for: Michael A. Stuart Broker: Alice Donahue, Texas Real Estate Broker Date: December 5, 2025 Re: Lease ...

Baylor Magic

Restoring My Ability to Walk The surgical reconstruction that changed a Life. My spine is officially a hybrid: titanium for ...

Balance Corporate Profits with People’s Rights

We need policies to balance corporate progress with people’s rights  The United States is facing a structural housing imbalance. On ...

Brookfield Properties

Brookfield Properties is a Canadian multinational real estate company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and owned by Brookfield Corporation, one of ...

Brookfield’s Defense is Cartoonishly Silly

In Stuart v. Brookfield Properties, the tenant alleges that Brookfield fabricated a debt in retaliation after he reported years of ...
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Can Corporate Landlords Just Say You Owe Them Money?

We believe the answer is no — but corporate landlords increasingly make it a living hell (worse than an ex-spouse) ...

Case Timeline

Six Years of Recurring Overcharges Brookfield requires tenants to use BILT, and Brookfield controls all charges in that system. For ...

Current Housing Reform Priorities

Current Housing Reform Efforts to improve housing market issues generally fall into four main categories: tenant protections, transparency & accountability, ...

Case Summary

Stuart v. Brookfield Properties - A Veteran’s Fight for Fair Housing A U.S. Air Force veteran has filed a lawsuit against ...

Case Documents

Case No. DC-25-10952 | Stuart v. Brookfield Properties 101st Judicial District Court, Hon. Staci Williams Filed: July 14, 2025, Trial ...

Contact

Let's Talk "We can make a difference in affordable housing if we work together - start by filling out this ...
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Dallas Veteran Uncovers Fraud in HUD Housing

A Dallas veteran uncovered evidence that Brookfield Properties inflated reported rental revenue by charging tenants in federally subsidized housing programs ...

Do Corporate Landlords Have Limits?

Just how far are corporate landlords willing to go - to protect their business model that prioritizes "profit over people?" ...

DA Outreach

For Prosecutors or Enforcement This is a potential criminal and consumer-protection violation arising from a verified pattern of retaliation by ...
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Elder Abuse Justice Initiative

Protecting Older and Disabled Tenants from Abuse and Exploitation The U.S. Department of Justice has made Elder Justice a national ...
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Financialization of housing

The modern housing market is undergoing a radical paradigm shift. Housing is no longer viewed primarily as a social good ...
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Government Oversight

Government Oversight & Consumer Protection Agencies Relevant to This Case Corporate landlords today operate within an ecosystem of federal, state, ...
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How Habitat for Humanity works (plain-English explanation)

Habitat for Humanity helps people become homeowners who otherwise couldn’t afford a home through the regular housing market. They do ...

Homepit Galleries

Illustrations used by the Homepit website and media Michael Stuart is one of the extraordinarily rare individuals who sits at ...

HUD Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8)

What Is HUD Section 8? HUD’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program is the backbone of America’s rental-assistance system. It ...

HUD VASH

What Is the HUD-VASH Program? The HUD-VASH Program (Housing and Urban Development – Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing) is a joint ...

Harvard Law Review: Corporate Landlord Abuse

Failures of Federal Oversight in Housing Assistance  In the Harvard Law Review essay, "Private Property Managers, Unchecked," Author Molly Rockett ...

Honorable Staci Williams

Judge Staci Williams, 101st District Court, champions justice, fairness, and the rule of law The 101st District Court handles primarily ...
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Inside the Dallas Case challenging a Wall Street Landlord

This is a landlord-tenant dispute in Dallas civil court where a disabled U.S. Air Force veteran, acting as his own ...

Issues

We Need More Affordable Housing  We also need private capital, including Wall Street's, to help solve the affordable housing shortage, ...
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Laws

Corporate Landlords face Legal Scrutiny The courts are testing whether Wall Street corporate landlords—and their proptech systems—must obey our basic ...
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Mike’s Quick Fixes for Wall Street Landlords and HUD

Practical, Fast Solutions to the contract between Wall Street Landlords and America’s Housing Assistance Program Wall Street and HUD have ...

Media Outreach

For reporters, editors, and housing beat writers A Dallas veteran has caught one of the world’s largest landlords in digital ...

Michael Stuart

How I got involved with HUD-VASH My career has always been about building things — from serving as a decorated ...
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Narcissistic Rage: Why Corporate Landlords Overreact

Understanding this Dangerous Pattern in Wall Street-Backed Corporations If you've ever caught a corporate landlord in a mistake and watched ...

New Attorney Briefing

Introduction Case No. DC-25-10952 | Stuart v. Brookfield Properties 101st Judicial District Court, Hon. Staci Williams Filed: July 14, 2025, Trial ...

NACA Bank of America’s $20 Billion Affordable Mortgages

Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA) and Bank of America Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA), in partnership with Bank ...

News

Michael Stuart is one of the extraordinarily rare individuals who sits at the intersection of military discipline, real-estate insight, advanced ...
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Outreach Ideas

Why Journalists, Policymakers, and Reform Advocates Should Pay Attention Press Kit ...

One Good Man vs Corporate Bad Faith

Defining Bad Faith: Moral Character vs Corporate Profit The Moral Baseline: The "Good Man" Fundamentally, a "good man" is defined ...

Outreach

Why Journalists, Policymakers, and Reform Advocates Should Pay Attention Stuart vs Brookfield Properties - is a rare, near-perfect lens through ...
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PRESS-KIT

Michael Stuart is a Veteran, licensed Realtor, former technology CEO, and HUD-VASH participant — a uniquely qualified advocate for affordable ...

Property Rights & Housing Protections in Texas

Property Rights in Texas Property rights in Texas are fundamental to both individual prosperity and the state’s economic health. These ...

Political Outreach

For city, state, or federal elected officials and housing committees This case provides the evidence lawmakers have been asking for—a ...

Politics

The Politics of Housing Reform Housing reform has become increasingly difficult as political differences slow efforts to address Wall Street’s ...

Property Technology (proptech)

Proptech—short for property technology—refers to the integration of digital tools and automation into real estate operations to increase efficiency, transparency, ...

Privacy Policy

Who we are Our website address is: https://homepit.com. Comments When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data ...
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Stuart Hiring an Attorney Podcast

The difficulty obtaining counsel in cases of this nature is widely recognized. Congress has recently introduced legislation, including the Eviction ...

Stuart vs Brookfield Podcast

So, imagine this. You check your account one morning and bam, a debt for thousands of dollars that just wasn't ...

SafetyNet 2.0 – A Smarter Future that Works

Balanced Oversight • Real Opportunity • Dignity for Every Step We’re advancing a new model for SafetyNet reform — one ...

Stay Informed

Join tenants, veterans, and allies pushing back on junk fees, overcharges, and abuse. Start with a one-minute form. Michael Stuart ...

Solutions

Smarter Housing Reform Solutions We need to build more affordable homes. All that’s missing is the political will to make ...

Shocking Truths from a Veteran’s Lawsuit Against a Wall Street Landlord

The Shocking Truth We’ve all felt that jolt of anxiety—a bill from a massive corporation that is inexplicably, impossibly wrong ...
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The Tiny Home Movement – A Modern Housing Revolution

The Tiny Home & Micro-Housing Movement The tiny home (micro-housing) movement has grown from a niche lifestyle trend into a ...

The Fall from Society

Most people imagine the fall from society into poverty as a temporary setback, a stumble you can simply get back ...

The Element Downtown Dallas

"The Element" in downtown Dallas is a luxury 15-story residential building offering apartments and penthouses as part of the Mercantile ...

Take Action

Take Action Fill out this Take Action form so we can connect and work together on reform and advocacy. Homepit ...

The Face Behind Corporate Landlords

This Dallas case may be the clearest look yet behind the curtain of Wall Street-backed corporate landlords in the housing ...
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Why we need Forensic Accountants to check Corporate Landlords

In the battle against Wall Street-backed landlords, tenants usually rely on leases, receipts, and bank statements to prove they paid ...

Worst Offenders in the Financialization of Housing

Based on recent Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuits, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settlements, and congressional investigations, the "worst offenders" in ...

Why This Case — and Plaintiff — Present a Rare Unique Opportunity

Most cases involving corporate-landlord abuse never produce the kind of documented proof needed to penetrate corporate layers or withstand courtroom ...

Wall Street & HUD: The Unlikely Marriage Shaping America’s Future

Wall Street-backed corporate landlords and the HUD Section 8 program make an unlikely marriage — and it’s shaping America’s housing ...

Wallstreet Landlords | A Double Edge Sword

A Double-Edged Sword Wall Street landlords are turning homes into financial assets — and testing the limits of the law ...

Wall Street Corporate Landlords

Wall Street–backed Corporate Landlords Understanding the New Power Players in Housing Wall Street–backed corporate landlords are large business entities—often real ...

What is Corporate Landlord Abuse?

Corporate landlord abuse refers to harmful, exploitative, or unlawful practices by large, investor-owned property management firms that control thousands of ...

Wall Street Landlords and the Future of Affordable Housing

Why accountability matters as private capital meets public subsidy Wall Street–backed landlords now control a rising share of America’s rental ...