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Policy AgendaAR-PA-014 / reviewed Aug 13, 2026 JSON

Immediate / Ownership transparency

Publish local ownership and control data

Create public registries that identify beneficial ownership, property management, investor class, and common control at local-market geographies.
Source records4report custody
Linked markets1analytical context
Research themes2publication taxonomy
Evidence needs5future verification inputs
Recommendation evidence chain

The source boundary stays visible from analysis to proposed action.

02Evidence custody4 sources / 1 marketsLinked context, not independent endorsement
03Normative recommendationAR-PA-014Ownership transparency
04Implementation evidenceNot assessedNo adoption or impact inference
This agenda registers normative recommendations published by Antitrust Radar. A recommendation's presence, priority, source links, or evidence needs do not show government consideration, adoption, funding, implementation, enforcement use, effectiveness, or impact. Report sources support the underlying analysis and do not independently endorse the recommendation.
Source report position

Housing Competition Needs Local Ownership Data

Housing competition must be measured locally: affordability stress and supply shortages are public harms, but HHI needs local ownership and control data.
Intended audience
HUD, FTC, DOJ, local housing agencies, and state legislators
Policy priority
Immediate
Instrument
Ownership transparency
Publication
AR-DN-2026-02 / version 1.0
Canonical citation
Antitrust Radar Research Team. (2026, June 21). Housing Competition Needs Local Ownership Data: Source-backed housing profile note. Public Data Notes, AR-DN-2026-02 (Version 1.0). Antitrust Radar. https://antitrustradar.org/reports/housing-competition-data-gap
Evidence still needed

Inputs required to investigate the recommendation and its effects.

  1. 01Beneficial owner
  2. 02Property manager
  3. 03Unit geography
  4. 04Local rental share
  5. 05Acquisition timeline
These are research requirements, not evidence that an agency has opened, adopted, or completed the work.