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
The source boundary stays visible from analysis to proposed action.
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
Inputs required to investigate the recommendation and its effects.
- 01Beneficial owner
- 02Property manager
- 03Unit geography
- 04Local rental share
- 05Acquisition timeline