Housing

Large investors buying single-family homes

114 public statements from 2026 candidates · 1 related bill

§1The range of views

Why this matters: It affects how many homes are for sale to families, what homes and rents cost, and how many rental homes get built.

Drafted by AI, then checked for neutral wording in a separate AI review. It describes the question and the main positions, not any candidate's view. Facts link to their sources.

Whether large investment firms should be allowed to buy single-family homes; a 2026 federal law bars firms that control 350 or more such homes from buying more, starting in early 2027, with exceptions such as homes they build to rent.1

  1. Tighten the ban, such as by covering smaller investors or ending exceptions
  2. Keep the 2026 law as passed
  3. Loosen or repeal the ban

These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.

§2What candidates have said

Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Tighten the ban, such as by covering smaller investors or ending exceptions (15)

  • Randy Villegas CA-22
    His campaign website says he will fight to end corporate ownership of single-family homes.2
  • Amy Chai CT-1
    Her campaign website says she would end foreign and venture capital ownership of single-family homes.3
  • Tony D'Arrigo FL-13
    His campaign website says every county should be required to keep at least 75% of homes owner-occupied, with no more than 25% of residential properties held as investments and the largest investors required to sell excess holdings over time.4
  • Dean Ocean Abrams FL Governor
    His campaign website says he would bar institutional investors from buying single-family homes in Florida, lowering the federal limit of 350 homes to zero, with exemptions for builders, nonprofits, small local landlords and people who fix up and resell homes.5
  • Nikema Williams GA-5
    Her campaign website says she supports the End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act, which it says would require companies to sell homes back to families and phase out hedge fund ownership of single-family homes over the next decade.6
  • Shawn Harris GA-14
    His campaign website says he would get Wall Street out of the housing market by stripping federal tax incentives from corporate buyers and blocking federal financing and securitization for them, and that he supports the executive order President Trump signed on the issue.7
  • Natalie M Fleming ID Senate
    Her campaign website says she would curb corporate landlords, and her American Homeownership Restoration Act proposal would cap every company, fund or other entity at six single-family homes, require larger owners to sell the rest with first-time buyers getting first chance to buy, and bar foreign buyers from purchasing single-family homes.8,9
  • Ellie Gilbreath ID-2
    Her policies page says she will outright ban corporate purchases of single-family homes.10
  • Tripp Charles Hutchinson ID-2
    His platform page lists banning corporate purchases of single-family homes among his commitments.11
  • Adam Hamilton KS Senate
    His campaign website says he would close loopholes in the new federal limit on large investors buying single-family homes, which it says lets the biggest firms split into smaller companies to keep buying.12
  • John "Drew" Williams KY-1
    His campaign website proposes barring publicly traded companies, large private equity firms, REITs and other large corporate landlords from buying or holding single-family homes, phasing hedge funds out of single-family home ownership over 10 years, and a 45-day window in which only owner-occupants and first-time buyers can bid on listed homes.13
  • Abdul El-Sayed MI Senate
    His campaign website says he would ban large corporations that speculate on housing from owning homes at all.14
  • Douglas P. Marsh MI Senate
    His campaign website says private equity companies should not own residential property.15
  • Erik Osberg MN-7
    His Housing and Homelessness priority says large corporations and private equity firms are buying homes as investments, and that the cap of 350 homes in the current housing bill is too high.16
  • Annie Andrews SC Senate
    Her affordability plan says the new federal limit on private equity firms buying more than 350 homes should be lowered to 50 homes, and that such firms should be barred from using Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages to buy housing.17

Statements that don't match one option (99)

  • Mary Peltola AK Senate
    Her campaign website says she would crack down on out-of-state corporations and hedge funds that buy up homes.18
  • James "Rus" Russell, III AR-4
    His campaign website says big companies should be stopped from buying up homes and raising rents too high.19
  • Mai Vang CA-7
    Her campaign website says she would pass federal laws to stop big corporations from buying up single-family homes.20
  • Jeff Frese CA-10
    His campaign website says Wall Street firms and hedge funds should be banned from buying single-family homes.21
  • Connie Chan CA-11
    Her campaign website says she would keep private equity firms and Wall Street investment vehicles from buying up existing housing.22
  • Aisha Wahab CA-14
    Her campaign website says she would stop Wall Street and private equity firms from buying up single-family homes.23
  • Peter Sundin Soulé CA-16
    His campaign website says he would ban large financial institutions from buying single-family homes.24
  • Ro Khanna CA-17
    His campaign website says he introduced the Stop Wall Street Landlords Act to bar private equity firms from buying single-family homes and to end tax breaks for institutional investors.25,26
  • Steve Manos CA-39
    His campaign website says barriers to building housing have made homes attractive to large hedge funds, and that homes should be places to live, not just investments.27
  • Linda Sánchez CA-41
    Her campaign website lists passing legislation to ban hedge funds from buying up single-family homes among her results.28
  • Jim Desmond CA-48
    His campaign website's housing plan supports higher costs and more restrictions on investors buying three or more homes, with the money going to the first-time buyer fund.29
  • Mike Levin CA-49
    His campaign website says he supports a large federal real estate transfer tax on institutional investors and private equity firms that buy single-family homes on the open market.30
  • John Hickenlooper CO Senate
    His campaign website says he is working to lower housing costs by preventing large corporations from dominating the housing market and cutting red tape that slows home building.31
  • Dwayne L. Romero CO-3
    His campaign website says large Wall Street firms should be stopped from buying up homes and driving up rents.32
  • Jessica Killin CO-5
    Her campaign website says she would increase the affordable housing supply in the Pikes Peak region and limit corporate landlords and hedge funds buying up homes and raising rents.33,34
  • Jahana Hayes CT-5
    Her campaign website says she helped pass legislation addressing large investors competing unfairly with individual homebuyers.35
  • Angie Nixon FL Senate special
    Her campaign website says she supports cracking down on corporate landlords and investors who buy single-family homes.36
  • Gay Valimont FL-1
    Her campaign website says that, as part of lowering housing costs, she will work to stop large Wall Street investors from buying up homes.37
  • Seth Harp FL-3
    His campaign website proposes a bill it calls the HEART Act, which would put escalating taxes on large-scale corporate purchases of homes and create incentives for builders to build affordable homes for first-time and middle-class buyers; it says the proposal targets Wall Street rather than small landlords.38
  • Mike Sell FL-4
    His campaign's platform calls for ending the accelerated depreciation tax break for large real estate investors and limiting like-kind exchanges to smaller portfolios, saying these breaks drive institutional purchases of homes, and for tracking corporate landlord concentration by zip code.39,40
  • Todd Schaefer FL-4
    His campaign website says institutional investors have driven up local rents and home prices, and that he would close the 1986 depreciation tax break for single-family rentals and, if possible, end investors' use of 30-year mortgages on rental properties.41,42
  • Bale Dalton FL-7
    His campaign website says Wall Street speculators should be banned from buying up single-family homes.43
  • Darren Soto FL-9
    His campaign website says he voted for the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which it says restricts institutional investors from buying up single-family homes.44
  • Leela Gray FL-13
    Her campaign website says she will work to give families, nonprofits and local governments the first chance to buy available homes and to crack down on the tax breaks that let institutional investors outbid Floridians.45
  • Robert People FL-15
    His affordability plan proposes a right of first refusal for tenants, nonprofits and agencies when a landlord sells a home, and prohibiting corporations with more than 50 homes from buying houses in a market with less than four months' supply of existing homes.46
  • Kelly Kirschner FL-16
    His campaign website says he would increase affordable housing and prevent Wall Street from buying single-family homes.47,48
  • Mark Davis FL-16
    His policy platform calls for examining limits and tax disincentives aimed at very large institutional investors that buy up single-family homes.49
  • Alexander Cooke FL-21
    His campaign website lists stopping institutional buyers from swallowing starter homes among his priorities for Florida homeowners.50
  • Oliver G. Gilbert III FL-24
    His campaign website says his HOME Act is paired with policies that discourage institutional speculation in housing.51
  • Nicole Locklin FL-26
    Her campaign website says she will stop corporate investors from buying up neighborhoods.52
  • Tony Kozycki GA-7
    His campaign website says he will support federal action to curb bulk buying of starter homes by large investors and to protect renters from abusive corporate practices.53
  • Jonathan Chavez GA-13
    His platform says he would push Congress to address institutional investor concentration in single-family rental housing, including registry and disclosure requirements for hedge fund and private equity landlords.54
  • Brenton Awa HI-2
    His campaign website proposes limiting the number of single-family homes that corporations can acquire.55,56
  • Jill N. Tokuda HI-2
    Her campaign website says she is leading the fight to stop outside investors from buying up homes and farmland, and that she co-led the Stop Wall Street Landlords Act in Congress.57
  • Ashley Hinson IA Senate
    Her campaign website says large institutional investors should not be able to buy up single-family homes in Iowa neighborhoods.58
  • Josh Turek IA Senate
    His campaign website says he would ban Wall Street private equity firms from buying single-family homes and farmland, and that in the Iowa House he sponsored legislation to limit private equity's ability to buy up Iowa homes.59
  • Christina Bohannan IA-1
    Her campaign website says she will work to prohibit hedge funds and private investors from buying up Iowa's family homes and land.60
  • Dave Bushaw IA-2
    His platform page says he will work to equip the Federal Trade Commission to investigate private equity firms' monopolization of housing and rental markets, including nursing homes and trailer parks.61
  • Zach Lahn IA Governor
    His campaign website says he would ban Wall Street hedge funds from buying single-family homes in Iowa and raise taxes on out-of-state institutional investors.62,63
  • Rob Sand IA Governor
    His campaign website says out-of-state interests are buying up Iowa farmland and housing, and that he would tax out-of-state landowners at a higher rate and ban hedge funds and LLCs from buying up too much Iowa land.64
  • Todd Achilles ID Senate
    His campaign website says he supports the progress the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act made toward limiting large institutional investors from buying single-family homes, and would build on those reforms.65
  • Kaylee Peterson ID-1
    Her campaign website says large investment firms and hedge funds owning single-family homes is a problem that must be handled at the federal level first, along with revising the tax code and HUD to create incentives for local builders.66
  • Emre Houser ID-2
    His platform page says he agrees with President Trump's executive order banning large companies from investing in homes and raising rent on working people.67
  • La Shawn K. Ford IL-7
    His campaign website says his housing plan rejects policies that favor large investors over local residents and would increase transparency and accountability for large corporate investors and landlords receiving federal assistance.68
  • Daniel Biss IL-9
    His campaign website says he will work to pass the End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act and penalize hedge funds and private equity firms that buy up single-family homes.69,70
  • Juliana Stratton IL Senate
    Her campaign's affordability blueprint says she would impose a tax penalty on hedge funds that buy single-family homes and roll back their incentives, and would hold big banks and corporations that are pushing middle-class families out of the housing market accountable.71
  • J.D. Ford IN-5
    His campaign platform says he would make housing more affordable by banning international investors and big corporations from buying homes.72
  • Cynthia (Cinde) Wirth IN-6
    Her campaign website says private investors buying up homes in Indiana and raising rates beyond what most people can afford is exploitative and needs to stop.73
  • Brad A. Meyer IN-9
    His campaign website says he would ban interstate corporate speculation to prevent companies from buying up family homes.74
  • Mikel Wein KY-5
    His campaign website lists limiting private equity companies from purchasing single-family homes among its longer-term actions.75
  • Zach Dembo KY-6
    His campaign website says it supports stopping Wall Street from buying up homes.76
  • Pete Lynch KY-6
    His campaign website says he supports banning foreign and hedge fund ownership of single-family homes and limiting residential ownership to 25 units per individual and 500 per corporation.77
  • Tia LeBrun LA-3
    Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists cracking down on large investment firms purchasing single-family homes and driving up prices among its housing goals.78
  • Nadia Donya Milleron MA-1
    Her campaign website says she supports banning corporate speculators from buying up local neighborhoods.79,80
  • Rasheed Nicholas Walters MA-8
    His campaign website says he will introduce legislation to ban corporate real estate firms and investment funds from purchasing single-family homes.81
  • Adrian Boafo MD-5
    His campaign website says he would bar hedge funds and other big institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes, and lists in his track record sponsoring a Maryland bill to limit institutional investors' ability to buy them.82
  • Callie Barr MI-1
    Her campaign website says private equity should not price people out of homes, and its priorities page describes companies buying up houses for vacationers as part of the housing problem.83
  • Zebulon Featherly MI-1
    His campaign website says he supports reasonable regulations on large corporations that own residential housing.84
  • Kristen McDonald Rivet MI-8
    Her campaign website says she is working to stop Wall Street from buying up housing.85
  • Jeremy Moss MI-11
    His campaign website says that to bring down housing costs he would support federal investment in affordable housing and a crackdown on corporate investors driving up prices.86
  • Jocelyn Benson MI Governor
    Her housing plan says she would bar private equity firms and institutional investors from buying homes during their first 100 days on the market.87
  • Peggy Flanagan MN Senate
    Her campaign website says large corporate landlords and hedge funds should be banned from buying single-family homes.88
  • Amy Klobuchar MN Governor
    Her campaign website says large institutional landlords should have to report their acquisitions and rent increases in a public database, and that she supports the ROAD to Housing Act's caps on the number of homes they can own.89
  • Fred Wellman MO-2
    His campaign website says he wants to stop Wall Street from outbidding families on homes, including by ending tax breaks that let investors beat first-time buyers.90
  • Jordan Herrera MO-4
    His campaign website lists limiting how many single-family homes large investors can buy in bulk among his housing proposals.91
  • Alani Bankhead MT Senate
    Her campaign website says she backs the HOPE for Homeownership Act, which would tax and fine hedge funds that buy single-family homes, without affecting owners of a few rentals.92
  • Seth Bodnar MT Senate
    His campaign website says he would stop private equity firms from buying up single-family homes at scale.93
  • Aaron Flint MT-1
    His campaign website lists a ban on Wall Street buying single-family homes among the steps in his plan to make living in Montana affordable.94
  • Sam Forstag MT-1
    His campaign website says he would ban hedge funds and private equity firms from buying residential property and would remove tax breaks that institutional investors and corporations receive.95
  • Michael D Eisenhauer MT-2
    His Voter Contract page says he will support policies that prohibit large corporate and private-equity investors from buying up Montana's housing supply.96
  • Roy Cooper NC Senate
    His campaign website says he supports stopping large corporations, investment funds and foreign companies from buying single-family homes.97
  • Valerie P. Foushee NC-4
    Her campaign website says she is pushing for legislation to stop hedge funds from buying up housing in the area, which it says raises prices.98
  • Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar NC-4
    His campaign website says corporations should be prevented from purchasing single-family homes to hold as rental properties, which it says artificially raises prices.99
  • Colby Watson NC-8
    His campaign website's Housing page says he would stop large investment firms and institutional investors from buying up neighborhoods.100
  • Alma S. Adams NC-12
    Her campaign website lists introducing the American Neighborhoods Protection Act, which it says addresses corporate ownership of single-family homes, among her housing work.101,102
  • Jim Pillen NE Governor
    His Pillen Playbook 2.0 says he would stop hedge funds from buying up homes in Nebraska.103
  • Stefany Shaheen NH-1
    Her campaign website says hedge funds and private equity firms receive tax breaks when buying homes that other buyers cannot claim, and calls ending those tax breaks the first step.104
  • Maggie Goodlander NH-2
    Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments helping pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which it says restricts large corporate investors from buying single-family homes and reduces red tape that slows construction.105
  • Lily Tang Williams NH-2
    Her campaign website says she would investigate and act on large institutional and private equity buyers that, it says, treat homes as investments rather than as places for families.106
  • Cinde Warmington NH Governor
    Her campaign website says she would build on federal efforts to stop private equity firms from buying up single-family homes in New Hampshire.107
  • Zack Mullock NJ-2
    The Housing Affordability section says he would stop hedge funds from buying thousands of homes at a time and ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes in bulk in residential neighborhoods.108
  • Ramon Mora Jr. NJ-2
    The Housing Affordability page says he wants to keep private corporations from buying up homes, saying purchases at the scale Wall Street can manage take buying power away from average citizens.109
  • Rachel Peace NJ-4
    Her campaign website says she supports a bipartisan bill that would end corporate ownership of family homes.110
  • Sean Kirrane NJ-5
    His campaign website says his American Citizens' Primary Residence Mortgage Act would be paid for by taxing speculative and foreign purchases of real estate, and it describes corporate home buying as one factor pricing families out of homeownership.111
  • Rebecca Bennett NJ-7
    Her housing one-pager says investors are buying a large share of homes, raising rents and shrinking the supply for buyers, and says she will have the FTC and the Justice Department investigate that consolidation and change tax policy to favor homeowners.112
  • Aristotle Eliopoulos NJ-8
    It lists cracking down on corporate speculation in housing, which it calls predatory.113
  • Analilia Mejia NJ-11
    Her campaign issues page says she would pass legislation prohibiting hedge funds and private equity firms from buying homes.114
  • Gabriel Vasquez NM-2
    His campaign website says he took action against out-of-state landlords who buy up homes and raise rents, and lists his Keep Mobile Homes Affordable Act among his accomplishments.115,116
  • Deb Haaland NM Governor
    Her affordability plan says she would restrict how much housing private equity firms and large investment corporations can own in New Mexico.117
  • Steven "Chap" St John NV-1
    His campaign website says stronger rules for large corporations and investment groups that buy many homes could help protect neighborhoods and keep homes affordable for local families.118
  • Aaron D. Ford NV Governor
    His campaign website says he would limit how many homes corporate investors can buy each year, create a registry of corporate landlords and give tenants the first chance to buy a home before it is sold.119
  • Joseph Lombardo NV Governor
    His campaign website says Nevada families buying a home should compete with each other, not with out-of-state investors and corporate buyers.120
  • Jeff Merkley OR Senate
    His voters' pamphlet statement calls for banning hedge funds from buying single-family homes.121
  • Helena Buonanno Foulkes RI Governor
    Her housing plan calls for more state oversight of large institutional buyers of homes and for exploring penalties and fees to discourage Wall Street speculation on Rhode Island homes.122
  • Walid Hakim SC Governor
    His platform would bar any person or company from owning more than 12 single-family homes, with extra homes sold to South Carolina residents or bought by the state at market value through eminent domain.123
  • James Talarico TX Senate
    His campaign website says he would ban Wall Street investors from buying up homes.124
  • Gina Hinojosa TX Governor
    Her campaign website says she would stop private equity firms from buying up homes, and that in 2025 she wrote a bill to keep institutional investors from buying more than 10 single-family homes.125
  • Amanda Janoo VT Governor
    Her campaign website says large corporate and private equity owners of housing should pay more in taxes, and that she would close loopholes that let large investors hide behind multiple companies.126
  • Tom Tiffany WI Governor
    His campaign website says that in Congress he cosponsored a bill to bar large institutional investors from buying single-family homes, and that as governor he would apply the same principle in Wisconsin.127

§3Related bills

Why this matters: Bills from 2023–2026 that bear on this issue, with how Congress handled them.