Attorney General and FTC Chair directed to review institutional investor acquisitions and prioritize enforcement

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The Attorney General and the FTC Chair undertake reviews of large institutional investor acquisitions for anti-competitive practices and prioritize enforcement as directed by the Order.

Source summary
President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order directing federal agencies to limit large institutional investors from acquiring single-family homes by preventing federal programs from facilitating such sales, promoting "first-look" policies for owner-occupants, requiring ownership disclosures, and pursuing reviews and enforcement. The Order tasks Treasury, HUD, DOJ, and the FTC with rule and acquisition reviews, asks the White House for legislative recommendations, and directs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion in mortgage-backed securities to help lower borrowing costs.
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The Executive Order "Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers" (Jan. 20, 2026) explicitly directs the Attorney General and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to review substantial acquisitions, including series of acquisitions, by large institutional investors of single-family homes for anti-competitive effects and to prioritize enforcement against coordinated vacancy and pricing strategies in local single-family home rental markets (see Sec. 4(b) of the Order). The White House fact sheet repeats this language and contemporary reporting (e.g., Reuters) summarizes the same instruction. Verdict: True — the Order text directly instructs the Attorney General and the FTC Chair to review such acquisitions for anti-competitive practices and to prioritize enforcement in the single-family rental market, matching the quoted claim.

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  1. Update · Jan 21, 2026, 12:33 PMTrue
    The Executive Order "Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers" (Jan. 20, 2026) explicitly directs the Attorney General and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to review substantial acquisitions, including series of acquisitions, by large institutional investors of single-family homes for anti-competitive effects and to prioritize enforcement against coordinated vacancy and pricing strategies in local single-family home rental markets (see Sec. 4(b) of the Order). The White House fact sheet repeats this language and contemporary reporting (e.g., Reuters) summarizes the same instruction. Verdict: True — the Order text directly instructs the Attorney General and the FTC Chair to review such acquisitions for anti-competitive practices and to prioritize enforcement in the single-family rental market, matching the quoted claim.
  2. Update · Jan 21, 2026, 11:01 AMTrue
    Section 4(b) of the Executive Order "Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers" (Jan. 20, 2026) instructs "the Attorney General and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission shall review substantial acquisitions, including series of acquisitions, by large institutional investors of single-family homes in local single-family housing markets for anti-competitive effects and prioritize enforcement of the antitrust laws ... against coordinated vacancy and pricing strategies by large institutional investors in local single-family home rental markets." Contemporary reporting (Reuters) summarizes the same directive. Verdict: True — the Executive Order explicitly directs the Attorney General and the FTC Chair to review such acquisitions for anti-competitive practices and to prioritize enforcement in the single-family rental market.
  3. Original article · Jan 20, 2026

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