by Danielle Finley, Associate Director of Political Engagement
Welcome to FIVE FOR FRIDAY: A weekly roundup of Public Policy Issues and Headlines. In this Issue: In this Issue: 1. NAR Calls for Federal Incentives to Spur Investor Sales 2. Trump says he’ll ban large investors from buying homes, with few details 3 Va. lawmaker proposes setting different real estate tax rates for housing and the land it sits on 4. Ranked-choice voting possible in Falls Church by 2027 5. Loudoun Residents List Priorities for General Assembly Session.
NAR Calls for Federal Incentives to Spur Investor Sales
By STACEY MONCRIEFF, NAR REALTOR® News
In response to Wednesday’s White House proposal to ban further institutional investment in single-family homes, the National Association of REALTORS® calls for a collaborative, data-driven approach to bring more single-family homes to the market.
Trump says he’ll ban large investors from buying homes, with few details
By RACHEL SIEGEL, The Washington Post
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would ban large institutional investors from buying single-family houses, marking a new push in the White House’s messages around housing supply and affordability.
Va. lawmaker proposes setting different real estate tax rates for housing and the land it sits on
By DAVE RESS, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Real estate tax bills that price longtime residents out of their homes worry cities like Richmond with soaring real estate prices and aging homes. Now, a former Democratic legislator’s sidelined notion of a fix is being revived by a suburban Republican who thinks it’s a good idea. The idea is to let localities set different tax rates for land and for improvements — read housing — on that land. “It’s really an affordable housing measure,” said Del. Joe McNamara, R-Roanoke County.
Ranked-choice voting possible in Falls Church by 2027
By SCOTT MCCAFFREY, ArlNow
Falls Church will be able to hold ranked-choice City Council elections as early as 2027, if current Council members want to make the switch. The city is on track to acquire new voting equipment that would accommodate the ranked-choice format in time for the 2027 elections, city elections director David Bjerke told the Falls Church Electoral Board on Monday. “We’ll start looking at it toward the end of this year [and] do procurement in early 2027,” Bjerke said. The current voting equipment is a decade old, which is seen as the outer limit of its useful life.
Loudoun Residents List Priorities for General Assembly Session
By HANNA PAMPALONI, Loudoun Now
With just one week until the 2026 General Assembly convenes, Loudoun residents on Tuesday told state representatives they want to see more data center regulation, affordability initiatives and better care for firefighters during a pre-session public hearing. The event, hosted at Leesburg’s Town Hall, was attended by Del. David Reid (D-28), Sen. Russet Perry (D-31), Sen. Kannan Srinivasan (D-32), Del. JJ Singh (D-26), Del. Atoosa Reaser (D-29) and delegate-elect John McAuliff, who will represent District 30.