Buffett’s mobile-home empire makes record profits while foreclosing on 8,444 homes | Times Watchdog
Warren Buffett discloses the mobile-home company he controls made record profits last year while foreclosing on more than 8,000 customers.
Mobile-home industry may get state scrutiny
A bill backed by Gov. Jay Inslee and the state Department of Commerce calls for a study of how the industry sells, finances and repossesses...
Lawmakers call for federal investigation of Warren Buffett’s mobile-home business | Times Watchdog
Lawmakers want federal regulators to investigate Warren Buffett’s mobile-home company after a Seattle Times/BuzzFeed News report that found company practices have harmed minority communities.
Warren Buffett’s mobile-home company denies discriminating against minorities
Clayton Homes, Berkshire Hathaway’s mobile-home subsidiary, has defended its practices and denied some of the key findings of the recent Seattle Times/BuzzFeed News investigation, including...
Minorities exploited by Warren Buffett’s mobile-home empire | Times Watchdog
Clayton Homes has used a pattern of deception to help extract billions from poor customers around the country — particularly people of color, who make...
U.S. House OKs cutting safeguards for mobile-home buyers
House Republicans passed a bill that rolls back safeguards protecting mobile-home buyers from predatory sales practices and high-interest loans.
A look at Berkshire Hathaway’s response to mobile-home investigation
After The Seattle Times and The Center for Public Integrity published their investigation of Berkshire Hathaway’s mobile-home business, Berkshire sent a statement to a newspaper...
The mobile-home trap: How a Warren Buffett empire preys on the poor | The Mobile-Home Trap, part 1
Billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett controls a mobile-home empire that promises low-income borrowers affordable houses. But all too often, it traps those owners in high-interest loans...