The Trump administration is seeking to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes to improve housing affordability. Proposed Senate legislation, part of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, would allow limited exceptions for large investors planning major renovations and others who operate build-to-rent communities. In both cases, investors would have to sell the homes within seven years. Will this bill become law? What could it mean for companies that own single-family rental homes? And would it actually improve housing affordability? These questions and more are discussed on the latest episode of Votes and Verdicts, featuring Jeff Langbaum, Bloomberg Intelligence senior REIT analyst, and David Howard, principal and founder of Real Estate & Housing Advisors. Michael Sasso, a Bloomberg Intelligence editor, hosts.

This is the first installment of a three-part miniseries exploring housing affordability. Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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A deadline for US President Donald Trump to seek congressional authorization for further military action in Iran, the first week of trial in Elon Musk's suit against OpenAI, and next steps for Live Nation after being found liable for antitrust violations lead this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence's Votes and Verdicts podcast, with analysis from Nathan Dean, Matt Schettenhelm, and Jen Rie. Schettenhelm also explores FCC threats to revoke Disney's broadcast licenses. Justin Teresi analyzes a Visa and Mastercard antitrust case over swipe fees. Andrew Silverman and Holly Froum explore tax and litigation implications of marijuana rescheduling, as well as Trump's Maritime Action Plan and NEC litigation against Abbott and Reckitt. Elliott Stein discusses DOJ's probe of the Fed’s Jerome Powell and prediction-markets litigation.

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What role will Congress play in the future of the Iran conflict? How will the outcome of the US midterm elections affect companies like Apple, Bank of America and Amazon.com? Will President Donald Trump spend the last years of his presidency focused on tariffs? These questions and more were discussed on our latest episode of Votes and Verdicts, where Veda Partners co-founder and director of economic research Henrietta Treyz joined us. Other topics included whether Sen. Thom Tillis will lift his hold on Kevin Warsh’s nomination for Federal Reserve chair and which candidates to watch ahead of the 2028 presidential election.

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