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From the Hill

It’s Time to Stop Vilifying Rental Housing Providers…

…. For Providing Rental Housing By David Howard A new bill introduced in January 2024 in the U.S. Senate levies an onerous new tax on owners of single-family rental homes for no other reason than they are deemed “institutional” and therefore somehow a threat to America’s housing market. The “Affordable Housing and Homeowner Protection Act,” introduced by Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) forces anyone

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Build Baby Build

The Case for Legislation That Encourages and Incentivizes New Investment and Development in Housing By David Howard America’s housing market has a problem – we are not producing enough homes. Just consider the following: »          In 1970, America built 420,000 “starter” homes; in 2020 we built just 65,000. »          Fannie Mae has reported there were fewer homes built in the U.S. in the 10-year period ending in 2018 than in

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The “End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act”

New Legislation Targets SFR Owners By David Howard In December, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representative Adam Smith (D-WA9) introduced the End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act, a bill targeting the legitimate development, investment, and ownership activities of America’s leading providers and builders of professionally-managed single-family rental homes and communities. By forcing any entity owning $50 million or more of single-family rental home assets to sell all properties

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A New Year’s Resolution to Consider (Please!)

FTC Targeting Hidden and Bogus Fees By David Howard If you are an owner of single-family rental homes and you have not yet started thinking about New Year’s resolutions, allow me to make a suggestion: “Focus on fees.” Actually, as I will explain, focusing on fees should be more than a New Year’s resolution. I only suggest it as such in the hopes that it will make it easier to

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An Introduction to “From the Hill”

Providing Insight and Perspective to the Real Estate Investor By David Howard The National Rental Home Council (NRHC) is proud to have been invited by REI INK to write a column focused on relevant policy issues and developments on a federal, state, and local level impacting the single-family rental home industry. Each month we’ll endeavor to provide insight and perspective on both the opportunities and challenges shaping the industry’s policy

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