Citi to invest $60B in housing affordability, as POTUS spotlights crisis in State of the Union address

What Trump said about housing in his State of the Union address

The president emphasized affordability in his economy-focused annual speech but offered little new information.

The State of the Union’s housing non-moment

President Trump delivered his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on February 24, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Harnik)Housing affordability has solidly arrived as a defining economic and political issue, but the president’s remarks at the State of the Union reflected the enduring political appeal of blaming investors while sidesteppi…

Citi to invest $60B in housing affordability, as POTUS spotlights crisis in State of the Union address

The term “housing affordability” is becoming a household phrase as Americans face increasingly high barriers to home ownership and soaring rents. It featured heavily in President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, in which he called on Congress to make permanent an executive order he signed banning what he described as “Wall Street firms” from buying single-family homes. He said that practice is making it difficult for average Americans …

State of the Union: Trump Vows to Make Housing Affordable - The MortgagePoint

n his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump pledged to lower mortgage rates and curb institutional investor activity while preserving homeowners’ equity gains.

Trump State of the Union offers few housing details

President Donald Trump delivered the annual State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday night and touched on a wide variety of economic topics. But he barely mentioned ways to make housing more affordable for everyday Americans. Housing professionals expected the speech to include subjects like mortgage rates, affordable homeownership and a slew of housing policy directives issued since Trump’s second term began in January 2025. But aside …