Blocking Wall Street Homebuyers Won’t Fix the Housing Shortage

Fortune argues that banning large institutional buyers from single‑family homes would do little to ease prices in the near term since institutions own only about 1% of stock and the affordability crunch stems from a 6‑million‑home shortage caused by zoning limits and easy monetary policy. Ed Pinto says these investors can act as a stabilizer—providing rentals and upgrades—so pulling them out could worsen downturns and reduce supply when demand returns. The real fix, he says, is to unlock much more home construction to meet demand.