Trump Provides Solution to Housing Crisis

Trump Provides Solution to Housing Crisis
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President Donald Trump announced on Jan. 7 plans to ban institutional investors from buying up homes and renting them back to Americans.

You’ll Own Something and Be Happy

Corporate landlord Blackstone’s stock plunged nearly 5 percent on the move to make housing more affordable.
Peter St Onge is an economic research fellow in the Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. He holds a doctorate in economics from George Mason University and is a former professor at Taiwan’s Feng Chia University. He blogs at Substack.com/@profstonge.