Nothing requires an investor to sell homes bought before enactment
To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, section 1001, Sec. 1001.
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Nothing requires an investor to sell homes bought before enactment
The document says “may not be construed”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 1001 in the PDF
What the document says
“(A) require any large institutional investor to divest or otherwise sell any single-family home purchased before the date of enactment of this Act; or (B) prevent the filing of a petition, or otherwise affect any bankruptcy proceeding, under title 11, United States Code.”
The section states that nothing in it may be read as requiring a large institutional investor to divest or sell a home bought before enactment, or as preventing a bankruptcy petition or affecting a bankruptcy proceeding under title 11 of the United States Code.
What the document actually says
“(A) require any large institutional investor to divest or otherwise sell any single-family home purchased before the date of enactment of this Act; or (B) prevent the filing of a petition, or otherwise affect any bankruptcy proceeding, under title 11, United States Code.”
That sentence, in plain words
No large investor has to sell a home it bought before this law. Nothing here blocks a bankruptcy case either.
What this is about
The bar reaches only new purchases. Homes already held stay where they are. Bankruptcy law is untouched.
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Increase the supply of housing in America, Public Law 119-101, sec. 1001, 140 Stat. 976 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ101/html/PLAW-119publ101.htm
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“Nothing requires an investor to sell homes bought before enactment,” Increase the supply of housing in America, section 1001, Sec. 1001. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-101/proposal/sec1001-no-divestment/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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