{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warnock-atlanta-mayor-dickens-councilmember-boone-celebrate-warnock-led-provision-that-will-keep-homes-in-the-hands-of-georgia-families/", "Warnock, Atlanta Mayor Dickens, Councilmember Boone Celebrate Warnock-Led Provision That Will Keep Homes in the Hands of Georgia Families", "2026-07-13", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "Senate", "GA", "Raphael G. Warnock", "W000790", "www.warnock.senate.gov", "warnock", "https://www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "On Monday, Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock held a press conference with Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and Atlanta City District 10 Councilmember Andrea Boone to celebrate the enactment of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act\n\nSenator Warnock\u2019s provision to ban large corporations from mass purchasing single-family homes became federal law on Saturday morning\n\nPrivate equity has rapidly spread through Georgia\u2019s housing market, with more than one in four single-family rental homes in metro Atlanta owned by large corporations\n\nThe housing package includes provisions championed by Senator Warnock that will boost housing supply by cutting red tape, investing in local innovation, and reforming legacy housing programs\n\nSenator Reverend Warnock: \u201cHousing is dignity, housing is stability, housing is hope\u201d\n\nPhoto Credit: Joshua Spruiel/City of Atlanta\n\nAbove: Senator Warnock in Atlanta (also pictured from left to right: Jacob Parcel and his son, Atlanta City District 10 Councilmember Andrea Boone, and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens)\n\nAtlanta, GA \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) held a press conference in the Adamsville neighborhood of Atlanta with Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Atlanta City District 10 Councilmember Andrea Boone, and prospective first-time homebuyer Jacob Parcel to celebrate the enactment of Senator Warnock\u2019s landmark provision prohibiting private equity firms from mass-purchasing single-family homes. The provision was included in the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, the largest housing reform and affordability legislation in a generation. The bill became federal law early Saturday morning.\n\n\u201cHousing is dignity, housing is stability, housing is hope,\u201d said Senator Warnock. \u201cWhen you set politics aside and center the people, you have a chance at getting the public policy right. I promised the people of Georgia that I would walk with them, even as I work for them, and so it\u2019s good to be walking through this neighborhood today and to think that over the weekend we were actually able to bring some good news.\u201d\n\n\u201cSenator Warnock understands the urgent need to address a challenge that Atlanta and other major cities have been facing for far too long,\u201d said Mayor Dickens. \u201cWhen large institutional investors and private equity firms buy up neighborhoods and homes in bulk, it becomes much harder for working families to achieve their dream of homeownership, and it becomes harder for longtime residents to remain rooted in the communities they helped build.\u201d\n\n\u201cImagine saving long and hard for a down payment on a home, your piece of the American dream. You have every requirement in order, only to be disappointed time and time again because the dream is out of your reach,\u201d said Councilmember Boone. \u201cToday, I\u2019m happy to tell you we\u2019ve turned that corner. Thanks to the relentless leadership of Senator Warnock, this private equity ban legislation makes it clear our communities are not investment portfolios. No one should have to outbid Wall Street to build a life.\u201d\n\n\u201cMe and my wife resonate with this closely because we ourselves have been trying to buy a home for the last two years, and homes in our area have been few and far between. And the ones that are for sale are just simply too expensive,\u201d said Jacob Parcel, a prospective first-time homebuyer and third generation Smyrna, GA, resident. \u201cI believe if you work hard and if you save for years, you should be able to buy a home in the neighborhood that you want to be in\u2026That\u2019s why I\u2019m grateful to Senator Warnock for fighting for us in Washington, and I appreciate all the efforts that he\u2019s made.\u201d\n\nOn Saturday, despite passing the House and Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became federal law without President Donald Trump\u2019s signature. Lauded as the most consequential housing package in a generation, the legislation delivers relief to a housing market crippled by the ongoing affordability crisis.\n\nIn addition to the ban on private equity, the 21st Century Road to Housing Act also includes provisions from Senator Warnock\u2019s Appraisal Modernization Act, the only fair housing provision in the legislation, and several bills Senator Warnock has championed for years to reform rural housing programs, penalize local governments for failing to meet housing goals, incentivize local governments and banks to invest more in the construction of housing, and provide grants and forgivable loans to help homeowners repair and weatherize their properties.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-14T07:08:55Z", "2026-07-14T07:10:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warnock-atlanta-mayor-dickens-councilmember-boone-celebrate-warnock-led-provision-that-will-keep-homes-in-the-hands-of-georgia-families/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3463599607348442, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}