Housing affordability is cratering across America, and Rep. Pat Harrigan is sounding the alarm on a key culprit: Wall Street’s voracious appetite for single-family homes. In an exclusive interview, the North Carolina congressman exposes how institutional investors—think BlackRock and their ilk—are snapping up entire neighborhoods, turning the American Dream of homeownership into a renter’s nightmare. Families that once built generational wealth through property ownership are now stuck in a cycle of escalating rents, priced out by algorithms that prioritize shareholder returns over community stability. Harrigan’s not mincing words: when Wall Street becomes your landlord, you lose control, privacy, and the very roots that anchor free communities.
This isn’t just an economic story—it’s a sovereignty crisis with direct ties to the 2A community. Homeownership has long been the bedrock of Second Amendment rights, fostering responsible gun ownership in stable, self-reliant households. When faceless corporations own the block, they dictate the rules: no-go zones for self-defense, surveillance cams on every corner, and lease clauses that could ban firearms under the guise of safety. We’ve already seen it in corporate rentals—think REITs pushing ESG policies that mirror urban gun control experiments. The implications are stark: a nation of renters is a disempowered nation, more vulnerable to overreach from D.C. or Wall Street boardrooms. Harrigan’s call to action underscores a pro-2A imperative—policies curbing institutional hoarding aren’t just about affordability; they’re about preserving the independent homesteads where the right to keep and bear arms thrives.
For gun owners, this is a wake-up call to fight back at the ballot box and beyond. Support reps like Harrigan pushing reforms to prioritize families over funds, and consider local strategies like zoning laws that protect single-family ownership. The stakes? Your castle, your rights. When Wall Street owns the deed, they own the future—don’t let them rewrite the Second Amendment one eviction notice at a time.
