Thomas Birmingham

Yesterday, @thenation.com ran my unprecedented investigation revealing a major U.S. landlord's links to West Bank settlements and the IDF. To see how American Landmark's U.S. tenants are being victimized, let's look at AL's properties in Charlotte, NC. (1/10) www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Diron Kelly, a 49-year-old truck driver, was one such tenant evicted from Conrad in 2024 after American Landmark saddled him with a $400 rent hike. He spent the following months homeless, showering at rest stops, sleeping in his truck. "It's been a nightmare," he told me. (9/10)

Yesterday, @thenation.com ran my unprecedented investigation revealing a major U.S. landlord's links to West Bank settlements and the IDF. To see how American Landmark's U.S. tenants are being victimized, let's look at AL's properties in Charlotte, NC. (1/10) www.thenation.com/article/soci...

@evictionlab.bsky.social at Princeton produces a national average eviction filing rate—in 2024, it was roughly 7%. The highest rate for any of the areas the group tracked was 24%. That year, the filing rate at Conrad at Concord Mills was 68 percent, more than nine times the average. (7/10)

Yesterday, @thenation.com ran my unprecedented investigation revealing a major U.S. landlord's links to West Bank settlements and the IDF. To see how American Landmark's U.S. tenants are being victimized, let's look at AL's properties in Charlotte, NC. (1/10) www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Lubeck confirmed to me that rent increases are part of the company’s strategy. “When we take over a property, the first analysis we do is: How much is the rent going to go up? We typically raise the rent anywhere from $100 to $400, so some people are absolutely displaced." (5/10)

Yesterday, @thenation.com ran my unprecedented investigation revealing a major U.S. landlord's links to West Bank settlements and the IDF. To see how American Landmark's U.S. tenants are being victimized, let's look at AL's properties in Charlotte, NC. (1/10) www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Of the 34,000 units American Landmark owns across the South, the company boasts some 2,400 in Charlotte, roughly one in every 85 units in the city. I spoke with over two dozen tenants in Charlotte American Landmark had filed an eviction against. Their stories were telling. (3/10)

Yesterday, @thenation.com ran my unprecedented investigation revealing a major U.S. landlord's links to West Bank settlements and the IDF. To see how American Landmark's U.S. tenants are being victimized, let's look at AL's properties in Charlotte, NC. (1/10) www.thenation.com/article/soci...

For @thenation.com and @typeinvestigations.org, I looked into American Landmark, a major landlord filing evictions far more than the national average. I found they are owned by an Israeli company with ties to the IDF, including during the Gaza genocide. (1/10) www.thenation.com/article/soci...

In 2024, the American Friends Service Committee put Electra on a list of companies contributing to "Israel’s prolonged military occupations, apartheid, and genocide.” The same year, an Electra executive described American Landmark as a “big winning card” for the company. (9/10)

For @thenation.com and @typeinvestigations.org, I looked into American Landmark, a major landlord filing evictions far more than the national average. I found they are owned by an Israeli company with ties to the IDF, including during the Gaza genocide. (1/10) www.thenation.com/article/soci...

On top of displacing these U.S. tenants, American Landmark is owned by Electra, an Israeli conglomerate. Electra conducts extensive business in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, which drive many thousands of Palestinians from their homes. (7/10)

For @thenation.com and @typeinvestigations.org, I looked into American Landmark, a major landlord filing evictions far more than the national average. I found they are owned by an Israeli company with ties to the IDF, including during the Gaza genocide. (1/10) www.thenation.com/article/soci...

When I spoke with Lubeck, he denied that American Landmark’s practices are predatory, but confirmed that rent increases and displacement are part of the company’s strategy. "The first analysis we do is: How much is the rent going to go up, and how many can afford to stay” (5/10)

For @thenation.com and @typeinvestigations.org, I looked into American Landmark, a major landlord filing evictions far more than the national average. I found they are owned by an Israeli company with ties to the IDF, including during the Gaza genocide. (1/10) www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Over the last year, I reviewed thousands of eviction records from dozens of American Landmark’s properties and interviewed 43 of their tenants who faced eviction cases in Charlotte, Summerville, and Jacksonville. I even interviewed the company's CEO, Joseph Lubeck. (3/10)

For @thenation.com and @typeinvestigations.org, I looked into American Landmark, a major landlord filing evictions far more than the national average. I found they are owned by an Israeli company with ties to the IDF, including during the Gaza genocide. (1/10) www.thenation.com/article/soci...

BREAKING: Hundreds of tenants across four states are waging the first campaign in recent memory to bargain with a shared private equity landlord across state lines For @inthesetimes.com, this is the Tenant Union Federation’s effort to win a historic interstate lease inthesetimes.com/article/priv...

NEW: Since February, I've followed @tenantbloc.bsky.social's campaign to win a rent freeze in NYC. Now, Zohran Mamdani is on the verge of a victory that would deliver one. Here's a first look into how organizers brought over 20,000 tenants into Mamdani's coalition. inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...

I got to speak with Marissa Nuncio at the Garment Worker Center in LA for @inthesetimes.com. We discuss the ICE raids—at which two dozen garment workers were abducted—that sparked city-wide protests, and how labor can respond to Trump's assault on migrant workers: inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

I'm so, so honored to be named a 2025 Livingston Award finalist for “As Corporate Landlords Spread, a Mold Epidemic Takes Root” in @inthesetimes.com. I spent 6+ months on this investigation, interviewing New Haven tenants who developed respiratory conditions thanks to landlord neglect. Read below!