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Public source dossierAgency reportGovernment Accountability Office

Institutional Investor Ownership of Single-Family Rental Homes

GAO report on institutional investor ownership shares in selected single-family rental housing markets.

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2/7 direct domains · 0 normalized indicators · 1 market · 2026
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2 high / 0 medium / 0 low
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  • Record identitygao-institutional-sfr-2026Government Accountability Office, 2026
  • Source classAgency reportAccessed Jun 21, 2026
  • Encoded scope2 active routes3 direct / 0 indicator rows
  • Permitted inferenceTrace + reproduceNo automatic endorsement or comparability

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2 active routes / 6 not encoded

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Market context

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1 linked context

Measurement releases

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2 encoded rows

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Public reports citing this record

1 citation

Published report

Jun 21, 2026

Housing Competition Needs Local Ownership Data

An open brief explaining why housing affordability and supply stress require local competition data before HHI can be responsibly reported.

Harvard JCHS renter cost-burden data, Freddie Mac supply-shortage estimate, GAO selected single-family rental investor ownership data, and FTC/DOJ roll-up inquiry materials.

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The record behind the rows

Government Accountability Office, Rental Housing: Institutional Investor Ownership of Single-Family Rental Homes, GAO-26-108675, March 2026.

GAO report on institutional investor ownership shares in selected single-family rental housing markets.

Canonical source citation

Government Accountability Office, Rental Housing: Institutional Investor Ownership of Single-Family Rental Homes, GAO-26-108675, March 2026. Available at https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108675. Accessed Jun 21, 2026. Antitrust Radar source record gao-institutional-sfr-2026: https://antitrustradar.org/sources/gao-institutional-sfr-2026

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Publisher
Government Accountability Office
Access date
Jun 21, 2026
License note
Public federal government report
Archive
No archive URL recorded

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1

Source record

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Definitions

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Observations

HHI, market size, status, and methodology

2

Participants

Firm shares, rank, aggregate flags, and custody

0

Official records

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Named edges

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0

Event windows

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1

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