{"id":24147,"date":"2026-03-12T14:45:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=24147"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:45:53","slug":"merkley-applauds-senate-passage-of-housing-provisions-to-crack-down-on-hedge-fund-control-of-american-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-applauds-senate-passage-of-housing-provisions-to-crack-down-on-hedge-fund-control-of-american-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley Applauds Senate Passage of Housing Provisions to Crack Down on Hedge Fund Control of American Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley\u2014a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-smith-lead-bicameral-action-to-ban-hedge-fund-ownership-of-residential-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">long-time<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/senator-merkley-representative-smith-launch-renewed-effort-to-kick-hedge-funds-out-of-americas-housing-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">champion<\/a> de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/hawley-merkley-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-ban-wall-street-from-buying-single-family-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">kicking hedge funds<\/a> out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/senate-democrats-introduce-the-american-homeownership-act-to-stop-wall-streets-housing-grab-and-get-homes-back-into-the-hands-of-families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">housing market<\/a>\u2014released\u00a0the following statement after\u00a0the Senate passed sweeping housing legislation that includes the first-ever limits on institutional investors purchasing single-family homes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cHousing in our communities should be homes for families, not profit centers for Wall Street. For years, I\u2019ve led the charge to kick large institutional investors out of our housing market, and for the first time, Congress has taken a stand against private equity gobbling up homes in our neighborhoods.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThis is a huge win for families across America. I fought to include this provision and thank Ranking Member Warren for working with me to crack down on institutional investors invading the housing market nationwide. Taking on powerful interests is always difficult, and we\u2019ll keep working to restore the dream of homeownership for all Americans and ensure everyone has a safe, affordable roof overhead.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley\u2014a long-time champion of kicking hedge funds out of the housing market\u2014released\u00a0the following statement after\u00a0the Senate passed sweeping housing legislation that includes the first-ever limits on institutional investors purchasing single-family homes: \u201cHousing in our communities should be homes for families, not profit centers for Wall Street. For years, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":18846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[43,131,116,44,47,128],"class_list":["post-24147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-bipartisan-actions","tag-economy","tag-housing","tag-jobs-and-the-economy","tag-protecting-consumers-taxpayers-and-the-economy","tag-safe-affordable-housing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley Applauds Senate Passage of Housing Provisions to Crack Down on Hedge Fund Control of American Homes - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-applauds-senate-passage-of-housing-provisions-to-crack-down-on-hedge-fund-control-of-american-homes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley Applauds Senate Passage of Housing Provisions to Crack Down on Hedge Fund Control of American Homes - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley\u2014a long-time champion of kicking hedge funds out of the housing market\u2014released\u00a0the following statement after\u00a0the Senate passed sweeping housing legislation that includes the first-ever limits on institutional investors purchasing single-family homes: \u201cHousing in our communities should be homes for families, not profit centers for Wall Street. 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