{"id":9522,"date":"2026-05-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/?p=9522"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:00:00","slug":"housing-bill-tightens-investor-homebuying-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/housing-bill-tightens-investor-homebuying-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Bill Tightens Investor Homebuying Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/lisa-miller-2\/road-housing-investors\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>On March 10, 2026, the housing bill passed the Senate and returned to the House, highlighting bipartisan national focus on homeownership and tougher investor limits.<br \/>\nA newly added section would bar large institutional investors owning &gt;350 single-family homes from buying more, making build-to-rent and related strategies harder.<br \/>\nThe bill defined purchases broadly, covering transfers, mergers, acquisitions, construction, foreclosures, and bulk deals involving single-family homes with up to two dwelling units.<br \/>\nThree exceptions still triggered mandatory divestment within 7 yr: newly built or renovated homes for sale, build-to-rent projects, and qualifying renovate-to-rent projects.<br \/>\nSenior housing projects qualified for an exception, with divestment required only if homes no longer met age-55-plus community standards set by the federal housing agency.<br \/>\nCurrent portfolios would not be affected because the restrictions were not retroactive, but future acquisitions faced potential civil pe<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 10, 2026, the housing bill passed the Senate and returned to the House, highlighting bipartisan national focus on homeownership and tougher investor limits. A newly added section would bar large institutional investors owning &gt;350 single-family homes from buying more, making build-to-rent and related strategies harder. The bill defined purchases broadly, covering transfers, mergers, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paOTA9-2tA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9534,"url":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/senate-passes-housing-bill-amid-industry-scrutiny\/","url_meta":{"origin":9522,"position":0},"title":"Senate Passes Housing Bill Amid Industry Scrutiny","author":"admin","date":"May 11, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"303-page bill would add grants, pilot funding, and streamline inspections and HUD\u2013USDA reviews to speed rural projects. 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