Investors say they're allowing families to rent in neighborhoods they otherwise couldn't afford, but opponents say they're driving up housing costs across the board.
An influx of Wall Street firms have spent recent years padding out their real estate portfolios with single-family homes to rent out but lawmakers want to put an end to the practice.
Wall Street went on a home-buying spree. Now, more lawmakers want to stop it from ever happening again by regulating investors' appetite for single-family homes.