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Did Tom Barrett help ban large corporations from buying single-family homes?

Matches stated direction. He backed the 2026 law limiting purchases by investors with 350-plus homes, with exceptions, and cosponsored a separate stalled buyer bill. His leadership role is not established.

Tom Barrett

Housing: the ROAD to Housing Act and corporate buyers

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What they say

His House office says he helped pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, and that it includes an effort he helped lead to ban large corporations from buying up single-family homes.

“It also includes an effort that Barrett has helped lead to ban large corporations from buying up single-family homes.”

What the record shows ·

He voted Yea when the House passed H.R. 6644 on February 9, 2026, 390 to 9 (Roll Call 57), and Yea on the final House vote on June 23, 358 to 32 (Roll Call 224). It became Public Law 119-101 on July 11. Section 1001 bars any investor controlling 350 or more single-family homes from buying more, with exceptions such as homes it builds or renovates for sale. On corporate buyers, he joined the American Family Housing Act (H.R. 7186) as a cosponsor on February 24, 2026, a month after it was introduced. That separate bill would bar funds with more than 100 billion dollars under management from buying single-family homes; it has not moved.

Limit: His votes for the law are on record. "Helped lead" is more than the record shows: he joined one related bill as a later cosponsor.

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  1. Historic, Barrett-Backed Housing Package Becomes Lawhttps://barrett.house.gov/media/press-releases/historic-barrett-backed-housing-package-becomes-law

    Office of Congressman Tom Barrett · Published Jul 11, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    His House office's release, in his own words where quoted.

    candidate statement

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  2. Roll Call 57, H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, on suspending the rules and passinghttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202657

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of February 9, 2026. Passed 390 to 9. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.

    official legislative record

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  3. Roll Call 224, H.R. 6644, on suspending the rules and concurring in the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026224

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of June 23, 2026. Agreed to 358 to 32; the final House vote. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.

    official legislative record

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  4. H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6644

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Became Public Law 119-101 on July 11, 2026.

    official legislative record

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  5. Public Law 119-101, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ101

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The enacted text. Section 1001, "Homes are for people, not corporations", bars a large institutional investor (one controlling 350 or more single-family homes) from buying more, with listed exceptions.

    official legislative record

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  6. H.R. 7186, American Family Housing Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7186

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Mary Miller, introduced January 21, 2026. Barrett became a cosponsor on February 24, 2026, not an original cosponsor. Would bar investment companies and private funds with more than 100 billion dollars under management from buying single-family homes. Referred to Financial Services.

    official legislative record

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