Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) has filed a bill aimed at blocking individuals tied to foreign entities, including the Chinese Communist Party and Islamist extremists, from purchasing residential properties in the United States, pushing Congress to crack down on foreign ownership of American homes.
Titled “The Ban Chinese Communist and Islamist Home Ownership Act,” the bill was outlined in a press release from Roy’s office on Tuesday. It would prohibit foreign foes from purchasing U.S. homes, as part of a broader push among conservatives to counter what they describe as strategic infiltration of critical American assets through real estate markets.
“American homes belong to American families — not the Chinese Communist Party, foreign Islamists, or our geopolitical foes,” the press release said. “While Americans struggle to afford housing, hostile regimes are buying up our land and neighborhoods. This bill slams the door on foreign adversaries owning American housing and forces them to sell what they already control. We’re putting America’s homes back in American hands.”
Under the proposal, any affected housing stock that was sold to an applicable party must be transferred to a U.S. citizen, ensuring American-controlled ownership of the domestic housing supply.
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He also filed the MAMDANI Act to DENATURALIZE foreigners linked to Islamism
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This bill follows Roy’s earlier introduction of the MAMDANI Act, unveiled on April 20, which seeks to provide for the denaturalization and deportation of individuals identified as Marxist or Islamist fundamentalists. Named for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the bill’s title is an acronym for “Measures Against Marxism’s Dangerous Adherents and Noxious Islamists.”
Roy framed the measure as a national security safeguard aimed at preventing foreign foes from gaining a foothold in U.S. communities and near sensitive infrastructure.
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“Why do we continue to import people who hate us?” Roy said in a statement accompanying the legislation draft.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Roy for comment.