The bipartisan legislation was crafted in both chambers and must now pass the House. It seeks to build more homes and prevent large investors from out-bidding families.
The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Monday to pass a sweeping housing affordability bill aimed at lowering costs, putting Congress on the brink of a rare bipartisan victory in Donald Trump’s second term.
The vote was 85-5.
The legislation, which makes it easier to build homes and slaps limits on Wall Street investors from buying up houses, now goes to the House, which hopes to vote on it in the next few days. Then, it would go to Trump’s desk to be signed into law.
Nope. Private Equity firms have already snapped up all the houses they want.
They could have fixed this easily with taxation. First homesteaded homeand anything on a VA loan is tax free, second home is taxed normally, third home owned is taxed at +5%, fourth +10%, fifth +15%. No exceptions, no deductions. Not even banks are exempt … want to foreclose on a house? Pay taxes on it. That would fix things instantly.