Corporate Ownership of Housing

On March 13, 2026, President Trump signed two executive orders aimed at boosting home affordability by cutting federal housing‑related regulatory burdens — directing agencies to streamline permitting, curb certain “green” building and water‑permitting rules, and simplify mortgage requirements to help community banks — as the Senate sent the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act to the House after an 89–10 vote. The sweeping, decades‑in-the-making package would boost supply through deregulation, temporarily bar a Fed CBDC and curb institutional investors (generally barring firms owning 350+ single‑family homes from new purchases with carve‑outs and a seven‑year sell‑off rule for some build‑to‑rent projects), but House conservatives and Trump’s threat not to sign other bills until the SAVE America Act passes could delay or reshape final passage.