TLDR: California, Minnesota, Maryland, and Pennsylvania
Progressive Democrats have long criticized private-equity-backed landlords and institutional investors for their growing role in residential real estate.
And in a rare bipartisan issue, Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have said that Wall Street firms are crowding out first-time homebuyers.
“A growing share of single-family homes, often concentrated in certain communities, have been purchased by large Wall Street investors, crowding out families seeking to buy homes," Trump said in an executive order in January. "Hardworking young families cannot effectively compete for starter homes with Wall Street firms and their vast resources.
Thank goodness. Also, they need to crack down on unoccupied investment property, both residential and commercial to open up more housing and stop rent and property values from going up based on artificial investor manipulation instead of demand.