The legislation, known as the Homes for American Families Act, would amend the landmark Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 to make it illegal for investment funds with over $150 million in assets to buy single-family homes, condominiums or townhouses. It doesn’t apply to homebuilders that are constructing units for sale.

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    8 days ago

    Shouldn’t be any at all, else you see parent companies (e.g., Alphabet) just fragment their investment companies into bunches that handle no more than $150m at a time. Or $10m. Or $5m. At a certain point, it’s just the same system with updated paperwork.