Chicagoans may not see much benefit from the White House’s recent executive order that aims to block institutional investors from buying single-family homes, but experts say those landlords are still a contributing factor to the region’s housing shortage. Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case
November 5, 2026
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Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a “canary in a coal mine” for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
Among the consequences of economic growth that badly lags national averages are billions of lost revenue every year. Yet denial reigns in Illinois, fueling the vicious cycle of demand for higher taxes.
Where’s Johnson and Pritzker on the his issue? Johnson is doing everything in his power to go after big business, but he is completely silent on major corporations buying residential and multifamily property.
Sellers will get a lower price; the taxman will collect lower taxes.
Why does anyone want to buy a home in the most corrupt city in America?
Sodom and Gomorrah will be better off than Chicago on judgment day.
Institutional companies buying single family homes is the first step in widespread socialism. First companies buy hoes, driving up prices, then the Democrats will take them.