The move after the 2008 housing crash to buy and rent out single-family homes is coming under fire.

President Donald Trump this week issued an attention-grabbing proposal cracking down on Wall Street in an effort to lower home prices and ease affordability woes. In a social media post, Trump said he would move to ban large institutional investors from "buying more single-family homes" and he urged Congress to codify the policy into law.

President Trump this week said his administration will ban large investors from buying single-family homes, an attempt to make housing more affordable. Josh Sidorowicz is In Your Corner and breaking down how Trump's idea would impact homebuyers.

President Donald Trump’s pledge to bar Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes had the feel of a counterpunch on behalf of consumers frustrated by a yearslong housing crisis. But experts immediately questioned whether such a ban would do much to alleviate the high prices and supply shortages in many American communities — or even make them worse.

Industry insiders say Trump's call to ban big investors is out of sync with how those players actually buy homes.

President Trump announced he wants to see the industry regulated at the federal level in an effort to tackle the housing and affordability crisis.

President Donald Trump says he is directing the federal government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he said would help reduce mortgage rates at a time when Americans are worried about hom

President Donald Trump has unveiled a plan to push down mortgage rates and improve affordability for prospective homebuyers, but experts say the costly proposal would have only a marginal impact on the U.