Policy Positions
Positions as of July 1, 2026, extracted from source websites.
Economy(3)
Supports legislation to give families a 180-day first look period on homes before large institutional investors can buy, to address housing affordability.
"Harrigan and (D) Rep. Josh Riley of New York introduced a bill to give families a leg up in purchasing homes before investors. Families would have a 180-day first look period on a home before investors can buy, combatting what Harrigan said is an unfair playing field created by investors."
Believes institutional home buying has become a major national issue that artificially inflates home prices and prevents families from becoming homeowners.
""The numbers kind of show it for themselves," Harrigan said. "Institutional home buying has become a very big issue in our country." ... "When you also control enough homes in a zip code, you're artificially inflating the price of the homes in that zip code, preventing those prices from going down," Harrigan said. "We know that there's demand. There are a lot of folks under 40 right now that want to be in their own home that fundamentally can't.""
Opposes President Trump's broader proposal to ban large institutional investors from buying all single-family homes, citing constitutional and free market concerns.
""I don't know how you do that constitutionally," Harrigan said when asked about President Trump's proposal. "I also don't know how you do that while respecting free market mechanisms in our country.""