Federal government to potentially ban investor home purchases
Currently, 1 in 3 homes in the U.S. are purchased by investors, leaders in the federal government are looking to stop that. In a Truth Social post on January, 7, 2026, President Trump wrote, “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,” the president wrote. “People live in homes, not corporations. I will discuss this topic, including further Housing and Affordability proposals, and more at my speech in Davos in two weeks.”
This statement comes at the support of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Secretary Scott Turner. “President Trump is not afraid to take bold action to make housing more affordable for the American people,” Turner stated in a post on X.
The intention to potentially ban or limit purchases from corporate investors comes with mixed reviews in the housing and development industry. Currently, the definition of a “large institutional investor” is also vague. Time will tell what the federal government means by these constraints and the effect on the housing and development industry.
