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S. 5151 117th Congress Senate

End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act

Official title: A bill to prohibit individuals and entities from owning more than 100 single-family residences, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 30, 2022 Introduced by: Jeff Merkley Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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 Latest action November 30, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act

This bill imposes an excise tax, with certain exclusions, on individuals who own more than 100 single family homes. The amount of such tax is the product of $20,000 and the number of homes owned over 100.

The bill establishes a Housing Trust Fund into which the excise tax amounts shall be deposited and used to provide grants for down payment assistance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5151: End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5151/
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"S. 5151: End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5151/.
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S. 5151, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5151/.
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