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ROAD to Housing Act 2026 infographic showing 350-home threshold, $1M penalty, and 180-day effective date for real estate investors

ROAD to Housing Act 2026: What Real Estate Investors With 350+ Single-Family Homes Must Know Now

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act passed the Senate 89–10 and the House 396–13. It’s moving toward the President’s desk — and if you own or control 350 or more single-family homes, it directly restricts what you can buy next.

The bill bans large institutional investors from purchasing additional single-family homes once they cross the 350-home threshold. It doesn’t force you to sell anything you already own. It doesn’t touch apartment buildings. But the definition of “investment control” is broad — catching GPs, managing members, investment advisors, and equity holders above 25% in any entity owning single-family homes.

The House removed the Senate’s controversial 7-year forced-sale rule for build-to-rent. Whether that survives Senate reconciliation is the biggest open question remaining.

Here’s what the bill actually says, who it affects, and what MAREI members should do right now.

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The bill focuses on situations where a rental property is determined to be uninhabitable by a government agency, and it would allow those disputes to be pursued under the Kansas Consumer Protection Act (KCPA).

Kansas SB 415 – VOTE NO

Here’s what we know so far Take Action Against SB 415 by 8 am Monday 3/16 Kansas has a meeting Monday 3/16 – please take action ASAP if you live in Kansas or have properties in Kansas. Please look up your Kansas Senator for the property address you own and

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Graphic for our Legislatively Speaking Article looking at all the various bills in Kansas and Missouri for 2026

Legislatively Speaking

At the time of writing we have over 50 bills in Kansas and Missouri being put forth to change state laws that affect housing providers. This article is a ChatGPT summary of all the bills.

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Model Short Term Rental Ordinance Policy for the KC Metro Region Proposed by KCRAR

Model Short Term Rental Ordinance

The Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors (KCRAR) has publicly released a Model Short-Term Rental (STR) Ordinance to assist cities and counties that are reviewing or developing regulations for short-term rental activity across the Kansas City region.

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What's going on at the State Level from Bill Track 50