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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.

Missouri SB 973 just passed, creating mandatory disclosure requirements for real estate wholesalers and a 44-day minimum timeline for sale leaseback transactions. Here is what changed, what it means for assignments and double closes, and what the Missouri investor community is already debating. Effective August 28, 2026 once signed by the Governor.

Missouri lawmakers are advancing HB 2517 and SB 973 to require new disclosures by real estate wholesalers. Here’s what investors need to know.

Kansas Lawmakers Consider HB 2504 and SB 391 to Protect Rental Housing
TAKE ACTION ON SB 391 by March 4th
Kansas legislators are considering HB 2504 and SB 391 to protect rental housing safeguards and maintain fair, sustainable housing standards statewide.

New FinCEN Real Estate Reporting Rule: What Investors Need to Know
Real estate investors should understand the new FinCEN Real Estate Reporting Rule. Learn how it affects LLC purchases, private lenders, and cash deals.

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

Keep Short Term Rentals Classified as Residential
We have two bills, one in the House and one in the Senate in Missouri to protect owners of short term rentals. We ask that you take time today to send a message to your legislators to support both.

Attorney John Hyre’s Review of Ohio’s New Wholesale Disclosure Law
The state of Ohio recently passed a new wholesaler disclosure law. Here in Missouri, we have a similar law working it’s way through the legislature. We wanted to share how things are working in Ohio to give our members an idea of what to expect when our laws pass. Not

Call to Action: HR 6511 – The Affordable Homeownership Act
Contact your member of Congress today. Ask them to support HR 6511 – the Affordable Homeowner Access Act. Brought to us by the Seller Finance Coalition.

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.

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.

Trump’s Proposal to Limit Institutional Homebuyers: What It Could Mean for Real Estate Investors
Trump says he’ll block big investors from buying more single-family homes — what we know, what we don’t, and what it could change On Wednesday, January 7, 2026, President Donald Trump said he’s moving to ban “large institutional investors” from buying more single-family homes, and that he’ll ask Congress to