John — something pretty funny (and pretty telling) just happened in Washington.
Back in July, Summer Lee and Emilia Sykes introduced the HOMES Act — a bold bill to crack down on massive corporate investors buying up single-family homes, driving up prices, and squeezing regular people out of their own communities.
Fast forward to this week: Donald Trump suddenly announced he wants to “ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes” and urged Congress to codify it. If that sounds familiar… that’s because it is. That’s basically Summer’s bill.
Summer couldn’t resist calling it out, tweeting: “@RepEmiliaSykes and I already have a bill that does exactly this, cracking down on corporate investors buying local homes and driving up housing prices. Thanks for your support, Mr. President.”
Snarky? Absolutely. Accurate? Even more so.
Here’s the real point: Summer’s ideas are so strong and so popular that even Trump is trying to copy them. That’s what happens when you lead with bold policy that actually helps working people stay in the neighborhoods they call home.
Because the opposition here isn’t just a president who doesn’t want to give a progressive member of congress any credit — it’s massive corporate landlords and Wall Street investors with deep pockets and teams of lobbyists who profit when housing gets more expensive and less accessible. They’re betting and hoping people will stay quiet and disconnected.
Summer isn’t letting that happen.
She’s standing up for renters, first-time homebuyers, and families who deserve stability instead of skyrocketing rents and corporate bidding wars. She’s proving that you can fight greed, tell the truth, and still build momentum that even your loudest critics can’t ignore.
Let’s keep leading. Let’s keep winning. And let’s keep making sure the people who actually did the work get the credit — and the power to finish the job.
Always with you in this fight,
— Team Summer Lee
