# 2026-01424: Uncle Sam to Wall Street: Hands Off Our Single-Family Homes!

2026-01424, Stopping Wall Street From Competing With Main Street Homebuyers, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2026-01-23, effective 2026-01-20 (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-01424
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-01424
- Title: Stopping Wall Street From Competing With Main Street Homebuyers
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 91 FR 3023
- Published: 2026-01-23
- Effective: 2026-01-20
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

Uncle Sam to Wall Street: Hands Off Our Single-Family Homes!

## Summary

The government is stepping in to stop big Wall Street investors from buying up single-family homes that hardworking American families want to buy. New rules will be made within the next two months to keep neighborhoods for people, not corporations, making it easier for first-time homebuyers to get their dream homes. This means more chances for families to own homes without competing against giant investors with deep pockets.

## Effects PRIA read

- Federal Sales Prioritized for Families: benefit, medium. Within 60 days of January 20, 2026, several federal agencies and Government‑sponsored enterprises must issue guidance to prevent them from providing for, approving, insuring, guaranteeing, securitizing, or otherwise facilitating the acquisition of single‑family homes by "large institutional investo…
- Antitrust Scrutiny of Investor Buying: benefit, medium. The Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission will review substantial or repeated purchases of single‑family homes by large institutional investors in local markets and will prioritize antitrust enforcement against coordinated vacancy and pricing strategies in local single‑family rental mar…
- HUD Disclosure for Federally Assisted Rentals: benefit, low. The Department of Housing and Urban Development must, to the maximum extent permitted by law, require owners and managing agents of single‑family rentals that participate in Federal housing assistance programs to disclose direct or indirect owners, managers, or affiliates and changes in ownership o…
- Legislative Recommendation to Block Investor Buys: benefit, low. A legislative recommendation will be prepared to codify the policy that large institutional investors should not acquire single‑family homes that could otherwise be purchased by families. The Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative, Political and Public Affairs is assigned to prepare that recommendat…

## Related documents

- [2026-22385](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22385): Adjusting Imports of Robotics, Industrial Machinery, and Their Parts and Components Into the United States, 2026-11-02
- [2026-22292](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22292): Further Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subject to the Additional Duties Imposed To Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Co…, 2026-10-30
- [2026-22051](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22051): Decreasing Housing Costs for the American People, 2026-10-28
- [2026-22052](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22052): Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Domestic Petroleum Production, Ref…, 2026-10-28
- [2026-22049](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22049): Adjusting Imports of Wind Turbines and Their Parts and Components Into the United States, 2026-10-28
- [2026-22050](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22050): National Seafood Month, 2026, 2026-10-28

## Sources
- [2026-01424 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/23/2026-01424/stopping-wall-street-from-competing-with-main-street-homebuyers)
- [2026-01424 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-23/pdf/2026-01424.pdf)

## Related
- [Previous: 2026-01423, Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-01423)
- [Next: 2026-01544, Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the International Crimin…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-01544)
- [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-01424 (as of 2026-11-04).