Staff Reports
President Trump has made it crystal clear: America will be a nation of owners, not permanent renters, and Karoline Leavitt has been front and center selling that fight to the American people. The White House laid out an executive order designed to keep big Wall Street players from snapping up single-family homes and to steer federal programs toward owner-occupants, a bold reversal of the last administration’s complacency.
The executive order orders federal agencies to stop insuring, guaranteeing, securitizing, or otherwise facilitating sales of family homes to massive institutional investors and pushes for “first-look” policies and anti-circumvention rules so real families get first dibs. It even instructs the Justice Department and the FTC to scrutinize bulk purchases and coordinated pricing tactics — common-sense, pro-family enforcement that Democrats refused to consider.
Beyond regulation, the administration has moved to lower mortgage costs directly, directing government-sponsored enterprises to step into the market and purchase mortgage bonds in a big way — a $200 billion push to bring rates down and get monthly payments within reach for working Americans. That kind of decisive action shows leadership; while critics howl about “market interference,” real families want houses, not excuses.
The strategy isn’t just about limiting predatory corporate buyers — it’s about rebuilding supply and cutting red tape so builders can actually put roofs over American heads. The White House has talked about expediting permitting, prioritizing owner-occupants, and exploring pragmatic ideas to help buyers move without losing their low rates, all steps practical conservatives have championed for years.
Yes, the left-leaning pundits and some “experts” point to studies saying institutional investors own a small slice of the market and claim the moves will be symbolic, but that misses the point: government exists to protect families and the American dream, not to rubber-stamp financial engineering that turns homes into portfolios. Even if institutional ownership is a sliver nationally, allowing banks and funds to treat neighborhoods like balance sheets strips roots, responsibility, and independence from communities — and this administration is unapologetically siding with families.
Karoline Leavitt’s message is straightforward and unapologetic: we will dig America out of the housing mess left by Joe Biden’s policies and restore ownership as the foundation of a thriving nation. Patriots who believe in hard work, family, and the American Dream should rally behind these common-sense reforms and demand that Congress codify protections so every child of a hardworking family has a shot at a home of their own.
