Trump wants to 'immediately' restrict corporate landlords from snapping up more homes

yahoo! Finance ^ | 01/07/2026 | Joseph Zeballos-Roig

[millenial4freedom]

President Donald Trump wants to bar major investors from purchasing homes, as a housing shortage pushes home prices further out of reach for many Americans.

"I am immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes, and I will be calling on Congress to codify it," Trump said in a social media post. "People live in homes, not corporations."

He said he would further elaborate on the proposal at a speech in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum, the annual gathering of chief executives, foreign leaders, and ultra-wealthy figures. No details were provided on how the ban would work and when it would kick in.

[9YearLurker]

The better idea would be actually deporting 10s of millions of illegals—as he campaigned on.

[TexasFreeper2009]

the solution is for cities to let builders build more homes, not to destroy the value of nearly everyone’s greatest asset.

[Organic Panic]

And don’t forget the AIRBNB buyers. My brother lives out at the Oregon coast and anything within 1/2 from the ocean is owned by the same couple corporations who bought everything.

I’m not much a fan of government dictating the market but this is bordering on monopoly practices

[zeestephen]

Sounds like a bogus political issue to me.

2.5 million non-citizens have been exported, or voluntarily left, the USA, since January 2025.

And - now - we have a home shortage?

Without the Corporate Landlords, we would have a housing surplus - and - collapsing home prices.

Empty homes - like empty apartments - are 24-7 cash consumers.

What possible motive would Corporate Landlords have for not renting, or not selling, empty houses?

[millenial4freedom]

valid point - but on the other end of the spectrum, there's a generation of renters, who want to be homeowners, who would love to see collapsing prices.

Trump seems to want to cater to that group.

[Sparticus]

I think that corporate acquisition of a significant share of housing has vastly more inflationary potential on housing than H1B visa holders. I like this idea of limiting their real estate holdings.