Scott Fadness

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 homebuying,

And it's not clear that would pass either.

Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.