{"id":2601894,"date":"2026-05-12T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-weighs-changing-senate-housing-bill-that-includes-large-investor-ban\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T19:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:18:24","slug":"house-weighs-changing-senate-housing-bill-that-includes-large-investor-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-weighs-changing-senate-housing-bill-that-includes-large-investor-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"House weighs changing Senate housing bill that includes large investor ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-weighs-changing-senate-housing-bill-that-includes-large-investor-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2601894&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican leaders in the House are considering changes to the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to housing Act that already passed the Senate, even though President Donald Trump has urged the House to pass it without alterations.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson said the Financial Services Committee chair, French Hill, and ranking member Maxine Waters want tweaks that could be bipartisan and address concerns-potentially requiring the House to reopen debate and ultimately send a revised bill back to the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The main sticking points include:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A Trump-supported ban on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >large institutional investors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidenomics-average-american-cant-afford-homes-in-99-of-country\/\" title=\"Bidenomics: Most Americans Can&#039;t Buy ... in 99% of the Country.\">buying single-family homes<\/a><\/a>, which House conservatives and outside industry groups argue could reduce the number of homes built.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A build-to-rent provision requiring those homes be sold within seven years, which critics say woudl shrink the housing supply.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A temporary central bank digital currency (CBDC) ban through 2030, with some House conservatives pushing for a permanent ban instead.<\/p>\n<p>Senate backers, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren,dismissed the idea that the Senate should be the one to adjust and instead said Johnson should call Trump. Sen. John Kennedy also suggested only a small number of lawmakers are holding up progress. Trump reiterated on social media that the House should pass the Senate version, framing it as ensuring homes are for people rather than corporations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11272\">House<\/a> Republican leadership is weighing changes to bipartisan <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/housing\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1273\">housing<\/a> legislation that has already passed the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8765\">Senate<\/a>, despite President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> reiterating on Monday that the House should pass the legislation as is.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Tuesday that Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (R-AR) and Rep Maxine Waters (D-CA), the ranking member, want changes to the bill passed by the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4564647\/warsh-confirmed-fed-governor-vote-chairmanship-follow\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                               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href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4563799\/two-democrats-join-gop-advance-warsh-fed-nomination\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Two Democrats join GOP to advance Warsh Fed nomination<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cThe House has some changes that we think that Chairman Hill and ranking member Waters have worked on that can be bipartisan, alleviate some of the concerns, and get a bipartisan, bicameral bill to the president\u2019s desk,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cI think everybody feels like it\u2019s important, so we\u2019re just working on some nuances,\u201d the speaker said.<\/p>\n<p>Attempting to pass a different bill than the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4489382\/major-housing-bill-clears-senate-faces-conflict-house-gop\/\">which cleared<\/a> the Senate in March, could lead the House to reopen debate over several controversial aspects of the legislation, especially a provision, backed by Trump, that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-center-2026-midterm-message-on-housing-affordability\/\" title=\"Democrats center 2026 midterm message on ... affordability\">ban large institutional investors<\/a> from buying single-family homes.<\/p>\n<p>The underlying bill is meant to ease the housing affordability crunch by lessening some government regulations on housing and incentivizing state and local governments to ease land-use regulations.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4512995\/holdups-bill-meant-fix-housing-affordability-crisis\/\"><strong>HERE ARE THE HOLDUPS FOR THE BILL MEANT TO FIX THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>House Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LauraEWeiss16\/status\/2054250154409312447\">also said<\/a> Tuesday that he supports Hill\u2019s push to \u201cwork out the differences\u201d on the housing legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we want to see is a bill that reflects a combination,\u201d Scalise said. \u201cObviously, there are differences \u2014 key differences \u2014 between the House and Senate bill. And there\u2019s a reason we passed the version we did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The House could attempt to amend the Senate legislation, add and subtract provisions, and then send it back to the Senate for a vote. But it is not yet clear what specific changes would be made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeader Scalise said it clearly that he says that the House is going to be working on something different to send to the Senate \u2014 even though Trump endorsed ROAD to Housing, that is still something which the House does not feel great about moving forward with,\u201d a GOP aide told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Some members of the House have raised objections to provisions of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, in particular the ban on purchases by institutional investors.<\/p>\n<p>The ban was added to the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act after Trump called for it in his 2026 State of the Union address. The bill also contains language that would require investors in build-to-rent homes to sell those houses within seven years. Housing experts argue it would decrease the housing stock, and industry groups have come out hard against the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>The National Association of Home Builders, long a supporter of the bipartisan legislation, threatened to withdraw support over the bill\u2019s language. <\/p>\n<p>Also, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4502387\/housing-researchers-build-rent-provision-bipartisan-housing-bill\/\">in an open letter<\/a>, a group of prominent housing experts and economists told lawmakers that it would make housing investment uneconomical and amount to a soft ban. They also said it would directly lead to fewer homes being built.<\/p>\n<p>The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act also includes language, aimed at appeasing conservatives, that applies a temporary ban on central bank digital currencies.<\/p>\n<p>A CBDC is a form of digital currency issued by a central bank. In the United States, that would be the Federal Reserve. Consumers would be able to use digital money issued directly by the Fed in addition to cash. Proponents of a CBDC argue that a centralized dollar would help prevent bank bailouts and increase efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>But opponents, many of whom are Republicans, contend that it could give the Fed too much power or could raise Fourth Amendment concerns, depending on how much control the government would have over individual accounts.<\/p>\n<p>The housing legislation that passed the Senate would ban the Fed from issuing a central bank digital currency \u2014 but only through 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Some House conservatives don\u2019t think the 2030 sunset goes far enough and are hoping that, rather than having an expiration, the CBDC ban would be permanent, a long-standing goal for the House Freedom Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>Senate backers are still pushing for the House to pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act as is. The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> asked Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, about her thoughts on Johnson\u2019s comments about revising the legislation, particularly in light of Trump\u2019s call to pass it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a question about the Senate. Johnson should call Donald Trump and tell him that,\u201d Warren told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019m waiting to hear that phone call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) told reporters on Tuesday that he thinks there are \u201conly one or two congresspeople\u201d holding up the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know why they\u2019re holding it up, they\u2019ve been holding it up since God was a baby,\u201d Kennedy said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Monday night posted a message on social media calling on the House to vote for the Senate housing legislation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am asking Congress to pass that Bill, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which would ensure that homes are for people, not Corporations,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThank you for your attention to this matter!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The message of support comes after the president previously downplayed the legislation in an exclusive interview with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said during a phone call at the time that he was pushing for the housing bill but that \u201cwe have other things we\u2019re pushing that are bigger, and right now, more important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4513665\/trump-downplays-major-reform-bill-housing-interest-rates\/\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE: TRUMP DOWNPLAYS MAJOR REFORM BILL AND SAYS HOUSING IS \u2018ALL ABOUT INTEREST RATES\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday emphasized that the committee wants the housing bill to appease both the House and the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe remain committed to advancing a bicameral housing bill that reflects the views of both chambers to President Trump\u2019s desk,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House GOP leaders weigh edits to bipartisan housing bill passed by Senate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3360,"featured_media":2601897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26103490843790.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[79565,70888,70990],"class_list":["post-2601894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-house-weighs","tag-investor-ban","tag-senate-housing-bill"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26103490843790.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2601894"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2601899,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601894\/revisions\/2601899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2601897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2601894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2601894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2601894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}