Trump targets institutional investors in affordable housing push

[Dekster]

Sounds nice. Getting the congress to pass something worthwhile will be a whole different story.

 

[1srelluc]

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Thread 'Trump targets institutional investors in affordable housing push'

Jan 8, 2026

MSN

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said he would move to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes, the latest proposal from the administration to address housing affordability ahead of this year’s midterm elections.

“People live in homes, not corporations,” Trump said in a social media post Wednesday announcing the effort, adding that he would expound on the plan and other “Housing and...

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[drudge X]

Funny how the media won't push this to the front page after years of crying unaffordable homes.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

 

[1srelluc]

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Typical Russian Village:

Yeah, they would go for at least 500K a pop in the NYC burbs.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Overpaying for luxury homes is not the core of the problem. In any event, most of the "overpaying" comes from self dealing resales to establish a new and higher baseline.

The problem is that the rents to support cost of construction or acquisition today are at least double or triple what the middle class can afford. That's solely because we have far too many undervalued dollars chasing a basically stable supply of goods.

Too many illegal aliens chasing a basically stable supply of rentals.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

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The government owns 92.6% of housing in Russia?

I remember the good old days when the government owned 100% of housing in Russia.

 

[drudge X]

Too many illegal aliens chasing a basically stable supply of rentals.

The states are to blame for subsidizing them at the expense of citizens.