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Merkley Applauds Senate Passage of Housing Provisions to Crack Down on Hedge Fund Control of American Homes

March 12, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—a long-time champion of kicking hedge funds out of the housing market—released the following statement after the Senate passed sweeping housing legislation that includes the first-ever limits on institutional investors purchasing single-family homes: “Housing in our communities should be homes for families, not profit centers

Hawley y Merkley presentan un proyecto de ley bipartidista para prohibir que Wall Street compre viviendas unifamiliares

26 de febrero de 2026

WASHINGTON — Hoy, los senadores estadounidenses Josh Hawley (republicano por Missouri) y Jeff Merkley (demócrata por Oregon) presentaron la Ley de Viviendas para Familias Estadounidenses y una actualización de la Ley HOPE para la Propiedad de Vivienda, un paquete integral que prohíbe a los grandes inversores institucionales comprar viviendas unifamiliares. Su legislación responde a la crisis de propietarios de vivienda en Estados Unidos, que se ha agravado.

Senate Democrats Introduce The American Homeownership Act To Stop Wall Street’s Housing Grab and Get Homes Back into the Hands of Families

February 24, 2026

Bill ends tax breaks and housing benefits for Wall Street, corporate landlords and reinvests the savings into building new housing and helping Americans achieve homeownership Bill Text | Fact Sheet Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.),

Bonamici, NW Members Demand Trump Admin Not Close Portland, Seattle Housing Offices

March 21, 2025

WASHINGTON DC [3/21/25] – Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1) led Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representatives Adam Smith (WA-9), Suzan DelBene (WA-1), Val Hoyle (OR-4), Andrea Salinas (OR-6), and Maxine Dexter (OR-03) in demanding that the Trump administration abandon plans to close the Department

Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Press Feds on Threat of Rising Housing Costs from Plan to Reprivatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

February 27, 2025

Oregon senators: Privatization a giveaway for hedge funds, wealthy investors; could hurt homebuyers Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined Senate colleagues to press the Department of Housing and Urban Development on whether its plan to reprivatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will make

Senator Merkley, Representative Smith Launch Renewed Effort to Kick Hedge Funds Out of America’s Housing Market

February 27, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Adam Smith (D-WA-09) today teamed up to introduce strengthened legislation to put an end to the harmful practice of hedge funds buying up single-family homes. The Humans Over Private Equity (HOPE) for Homeownership Act continues Merkley and Smith’s efforts

Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Question HUD Secretary on Alarming Consequences of New DOGE Task Force on Housing for America’s Families

February 25, 2025

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined an effort to press U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner about the alarming consequences of a recently announced “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) Task Force that threatens to seriously hinder HUD’s

Merkley, Wyden Announce $1.4 Million in Federal Funding to Help Homeless Veterans with Housing

January 21, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that $1,449,067 is coming to Oregon to help homeless veterans secure affordable housing through federal housing assistance. “Oregon’s servicemembers deserve the full measure of our appreciation for serving and sacrificing for our nation, and that includes ensuring

Merkley, Wyden Join Legislation to Combat Anticompetitive Behavior in the Residential Housing Market

July 17, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced they joined the recently introduced Housing Acquisitions Review and Transparency (HART) Act, led by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH). The bill requires corporations and private equity firms that buy up large amounts of housing

Merkley Speaks Out Against Hedge Fund Involvement in Housing Market, Highlights Housing Crisis

February 1, 2024

Senator Merkley spoke about housing affordability and the grip of hedge funds on our housing market during a Senate Budget Committee hearing titled “A Blueprint for Prosperity: Expanding Housing Affordability” on January 31, 2024. Read more about the End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act: https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-smith-lead-bicameral-action-to-ban-hedge-fund-ownership-of-residential-housing/