Trump ban on investor homebuying may come at cost of a bigger real estate deal
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President Trump's plan to ban big investors from home ownership may not be the key to reviving the American Dream in affordable housing legislation.
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To learn more about the CNBC CFO Council, visit cnbccouncils.com/cfo The Bottom Line Trump ban on investor homebuying may come at cost of a bigger real estate deal Published Sun, Mar 29 2026 9:43 AM EDT Updated 16 Min Ago Bob Woods WATCH LIVE Key Points The Senate's ROAD to Housing Act has more than 40 provisions with rare bipartisan support aimed at lowering housing costs and speeding up new home construction. None gets more attention than President Trump's ban on institutional investors buying up single-family homes, and none stands in the way to a greater extent in getting the bill passed in both chambers of Congress. But factory-built manufactured homes such as those built by Berkshire Hathaway's Clayton Homes, which would receive a huge boost from the ROAD Act, may be far more consequential toward the overarching goal of adding housing supply and making the American Dream more affordable. In this article RDFN BRK.A BRK.B Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Affordability has gone from being a dry financial term to an all-purpose hot button. Groceries, health care, child care, cars, gas — you name it, and affordability is attached to it these days. And then there's housing , one of the stickiest issues in America's affordability discussions. On March 12, the U.S. Senate passed a massive housing bill addressing affordability and supply, mostly of single-family homes. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, chock-full of more than 40 provisions, garnered rare — by today's rancorous political standards — bipartisan support, tallying a 89-10 vote. The bill features a slew of financing, permitting, zoning and environmental reforms aimed at lowering housing costs and speeding up new home construction. The House passed an equally bipartisan, if pared-down version in February. The Senate bill, which adopted many of House provisions, now moves back to the lower chamber for consideration, where it's facing an uphill battle, pr...
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