Multiple Choice

$1$ point

Source #$2$: This article describes one facet of an often$-$used approach to reducing governmental costs: privitization of public services. The results for privitization overall are mixed, with some wild successes and some dismal failures "bookending" the many instances. What was the main driving factor, according to the NYT$,$ for an upsurge of new private equity acquisitions of companies that provided civic services?

Congress kicking them out of the rental home management market

Recession of $2008$

Downturn in profits from their mortgage collections

New changes in U$.$S$,$ banking laws