Congress has never before held private equity accountable — for anything.
Today, that changes.
Elizabeth Warren
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Elizabeth Warren
@SenWarren
U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
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We are facing an affordability crisis, and families across New Jersey are feeling the pressure of rising housing costs. This bill makes meaningful progress to increase housing supply and lower costs for Americans. It includes many ideas I’ve championed for years including - Elizabeth Warren reposted
The Senate just passed the biggest housing bill in more than 30 years. It’s going to help build more homes, lower the cost of housing, and stop private equity from buying up single family homes. This is how we put home ownership back within reach.
- Elizabeth Warren reposted
Big news: the Senate passed a major housing affordability package that bans Wall Street from buying up single-family homes. This is an important step toward building more homes and lowering home and mortgage costs for families. The House should pass it immediately. - Private equity has a playbook for rolling through cities and buying up the homes on the market. The Senate just passed our bill to stop them.
00:00 - If Congress doesn't act now, Social Security benefits could be cut by more than 20 percent after 2032. @berniemoreno and I have a bipartisan solution: lift the Social Security payroll tax cap. We need to save Social Security for the next generation. Let's get this done.
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Yesterday, the Senate passed the biggest housing bill in decades – a major step forward for lowering your costs, cutting red tape around new builds, and preventing huge investors from buying up single-family homes. There’s more work to do, but it’s a great step. - Elizabeth Warren reposted
We don’t agree on much, but @SenWarren and I agree on this: Social Security is a promise that must be fulfilled. By 2032, benefits could be cut by more than 20% if we do nothing. We have a bipartisan plan to save it: end the payroll tax cap so everyone pays the same. No benefit - Elizabeth Warren reposted
Last night, I was proud to vote to pass @SenWarren’s bill to build more affordable housing and stop private equity from taking away homes from working families.I just voted YES on the biggest housing bill in more than 30 years. This bill will boost housing supply, bring down costs, and — for the first time ever — stop private equity from buying up single-family homes.
00:00 - Elizabeth Warren reposted
Too many Americans can't afford a place to live. There's more to do, but today we took a step to address that problem, passing the ROAD to Housing Act to make it easier to build & access affordable housing — including my bills to improve access for veterans. My full - Elizabeth Warren reposted
BREAKING: For the first time ever, we are stopping private equity from buying up single-family homes in our communities! This will help make housing more affordable, and I’m proud to be working to make the American Dream of owning a house attainable for more families. 🏠
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At a time when it feels like we can’t agree on anything. We can agree that a fundamental part of the American Dream is the ability to buy a home. The bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act addresses the affordable housing crisis in concrete ways.
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Michiganders are demanding action to lower the cost of housing, and this bipartisan bill helps. It rewards communities that add new housing, cuts red tape and improves federal housing programs to help both rural and urban communities.
