Jennifer Ludden
speaker
995 appearances
141 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2025
last heard 2d ago
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One woman said she can't worry about that.
She just wanted to speak out in defense of her neighbors and her city.
Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Minneapolis.
One cap on investor landlords did just take effect in Fishers, Indiana.
Mayor Scott Fadness says the idea is to protect local homeownership.
But in state after state, such proposals have failed.
Economist Lori Goodman at the Urban Institute says the main driver of high prices is a housing shortage, and some investors are actually helping that by building homes to rent out.
The best way to make housing affordable is to increase supply.
Trump has said Congress would need to ban corporate home buying, and it's not clear that would pass either.
Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.
Trump announced the plan in a Truth Social post, saying inflation has put the American dream of homeownership out of reach for many.
He said he'd asked Congress to codify a ban, though such proposals in the past have failed to gain steam.
In recent years, there's been a surge of corporate landlords buying homes to rent out, and it's sparked tension in a lot of cities.
Officials say corporate owners are more likely to hike rents, evict tenants, and let houses fall into disrepair.
They also outbid potential buyers with all-cash offers.
Overall, though, housing experts say large investors own only a sliver of the market, and the bigger problem driving up home prices is a lack of supply.
Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.
Trump announced the plan in a Truth Social post, saying inflation has put the American dream of homeownership out of reach for many.
He said he'd ask Congress to codify a ban, though such proposals in the past have failed to gain steam.
In recent years, there's been a surge of corporate landlords buying homes to rent out, and it sparked tension in a lot of cities.
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