Wall Street landlords have met a surprising opponent in Trump. So why is Starmer courting them? | Adam Almeida

The article discusses the surprising opposition to Wall Street landlords by US political figures across the ideological spectrum, including Donald Trump, who is typically seen as pro-business. The author notes that this issue has managed to unite both left-leaning politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Elizabeth Warren, as well as right-wing figures like JD Vance and Marjorie Taylor Greene. The article suggests that this opposition to institutional investors' incursion into the single-family home market, which has driven up rent prices and locked out many households from home ownership, has become a rare point of bipartisan agreement in the US. However, the author expresses surprise at seeing the "real estate tycoon and Wall Street darling" Trump take a similar stance, as he had expected Trump to be more supportive of corporate power. The article concludes by noting that while Trump can afford to take on corporate power in this regard, the author questions whether the Labour Party leader Keir Starmer can do the same in the UK, as he may need the support of these landlords to deliver on his promised 1.5 million homes.