A new bill has been introduced in the Tennessee legislature that will limit contact by real estate developers making unsolicited inquiries to buy homes. WKRN.com reports the “Tennessee Homebuyer Harassment Protection Act” introduced by Sen. Charlane Oliver...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has introduced legislation that would reduce the statutory funding cap for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to $0. When the CFPB was created in 2010 under the Dodd-Frank Act, the agency was designed to receive its funding directly...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is calling for the creation of a new federal entity to build “social housing” and then sell those properties agencies and organizations that would manage them in “permanent affordability.” Ocasio-Cortez, in a New York...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has introduced a $550 billion plan to fund the construction of approximately 3 million new housing units by raising estate taxes. Warren’s endeavor, dubbed the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, encompasses a wide range of pledges...
James H. Schloemer is chairman of the National Multifamily Housing Council. This article is edited and adapted from prepared remarks made on behalf of the National Multifamily Housing Council and the National Apartment Association during a July 24 hearing held by the...
State Farm and Allstate Take Steps Toward Reopening California Home Insuran…
