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President Donald Trump said his administration will move to bar large Wall Street investors from buying up single-family homes, framing the effort as a bid to restore access to homeownership for ordinary families priced out of the market. In a Truth Social post, he warned the \u201cAmerican Dream is increasingly out of reach for far too many people, especially younger Americans,\u201d and vowed to stop big investors from buying the proverbial house next door.?<\/p>\n
Trump said the federal government will move to\u00a0ban\u00a0institutional investors and major Wall Street firms from purchasing single-family homes, a segment that has become a lucrative asset class for large landlords and private equity. He cast the initiative as a turning point in housing policy, arguing \u201cpeople live in homes, not corporations\u201d and families should not have to bid against \u201cbillion-dollar funds\u201d for starter houses.?<\/p>\n
In his post, Trump linked the squeeze on homebuyers to what he claimed was \u201crecord high inflation\u201d under President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress, saying the cost surge has left many young Americans locked out of ownership. \u201cFor a very long time, buying and owning a home was considered the pinnacle of the American Dream. It was the reward for working hard, and doing the right thing.\u201d The housing market has come to a near standstill in the last several years following a boom during the pandemic, when prices doubled in most markets as people reordered their social lives amid the remote work and social distancing era.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s message zeroed in on the symbolism of investors acquiring properties in residential neighborhoods, promising to stop Wall Street from buying the house next door and turning it into an investment vehicle. Housing advocates and some local officials have warned bulk purchases by institutional buyers can drain the supply of for-sale homes and push families into a permanent renter status.?<\/p>\n
The president\u2019s post echoed this criticism, arguing large-scale buying crowds out first-time buyers and pushes prices beyond what middle-class incomes can afford. ?<\/p>\n
Trump has not yet released draft legislation or an executive order, but officials and outside analysts say the administration is exploring several avenues, including outright purchase bans for institutional buyers and stricter limits on how many single-family homes a large investor can own. Any such move would likely focus on firms above certain asset or ownership thresholds, rather than mom-and-pop landlords or small local investors.?<\/p>\n
The president said he would flesh out the plan later this month, including at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, where housing affordability is expected to feature in his speech. ?<\/p>\n
Shares of single-family rental real estate investment trusts and housing-focused private equity firms slid after Trump\u2019s comments, as investors weighed the risk of future curbs on their ability to grow portfolios. Analysts noted some of the largest players collectively own hundreds of thousands of houses, making them particularly vulnerable to any federal ownership cap or purchase prohibition.?<\/p>\n
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