Trump Targets Housing, Misses Corporate Greed's Real Estate Grab
While Trump promises to curb corporate landlords, this election-year soundbite conveniently overlooks the deregulation frenzy during his own administration that allowed these very entities to proliferate. His 2017 tax cuts, for instance, arguably buoyed corporate investment vehicles, making residential real estate an even juicier target for Wall Street. The problem isn't just 'institutional
purchases;' it's a systemic failure to prioritize housing as a human right over a speculative asset, a failure perpetuated by politicians on both sides who eagerly court large donors, even those from the real estate and financial sectors. Instead of genuinely addressing the affordable housing crisis exacerbated by low interest rates and stagnant wages, we get performative pledges. One might wonder
if this proposed ban, if it ever materialized, would target the same donors who fuel political campaigns, or simply be another distraction from the larger economic disparities that no 'ban' on paper can truly fix without fundamental change.