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When corporate landlords come to town, they do buy up homes, which can raise the price to buy, but at the same time lower rents. We&#8217;ll parse the impact as we consider a Trump administration plan to restrict corporate home ownership.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=2142\">Evette, backed by Trump, and Wilson, a Trump supporter, head to S.C. governor runoff<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One specific type of affordable housing used to be popular in American cities, kept rents low, then nearly vanished. Is it time to reconsider boarding houses and single room occupancy units? If they lowered rents in cities, why did they go away? We have the history.<\/p>\n<p>Then, let\u2019s talk about corporate landlords. They\u2019re blamed for driving up rents. Studies show they do the opposite. When corporate landlords come to town, they do buy up homes, which can raise the price to buy, but at the same time lower rents. We\u2019ll parse the impact as we consider a Trump administration plan to restrict corporate home ownership.<\/p>\n<p><em>Related episodes:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/planet-money\/2026\/02\/24\/g-s1-111204\/is-the-yimby-movement-doomed\"target=\"_blank\"   ><em>Is the YIMBY movement doomed?\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/08\/30\/1197961522\/minneapolis-minnesota-housing-2040-tim-walz\"target=\"_blank\"   ><em>How to fix a housing shortage<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lnk.to\/HevSSF\"target=\"_blank\"   ><em>How to build abundantly<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/01\/30\/nx-s1-5690291\/affordability-housing-market-own-home-trump-davos\"target=\"_blank\"   ><em>Can Trump make buying a home more affordable?<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Support:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/n.pr\/3HlREPz\"target=\"_blank\"   ><em>NPR+<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Read:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;\">\n<li><em>Our book: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/i3AukBdD\"target=\"_blank\"   ><em>Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Our weekly longform <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/n.pr\/3zrFvUB\"target=\"_blank\"   ><em>Planet Money newsletter<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Our weekly <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/newsletter\/indicator\"target=\"_blank\"   ><em>Indicator round-up newsletter<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Follow:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/n.pr\/3FqLuws\"target=\"_blank\"   ><em>Instagram<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/n.pr\/3sGZdrq\"target=\"_blank\"   ><em>TikTok<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/iCVDaW3C\"target=\"_blank\"   ><em>YouTube<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/n.pr\/3h92GwS\"target=\"_blank\"   ><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The original episodes of the Indicator were hosted by Darian Woods and Wailin Wong. They were produced by Julia Ritchey, Cooper Katz McKim and Corey Bridges with engineering by Travis Hagan and Robert Rodriguez. They were fact checked by Vito Emanuel and Sierra Juarez. Kate Concannon edits the show. This episode of Planet Money was produced by James Sneed with help from Emma Murphy. 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