'Scapegoating!' WSJ editorial begs Congress to reject Trump's housing gimmick

The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board, an increasingly vocal critic of President Donald Trump's economic policies, is none too happy with his latest scheme to try to make homes cheaper.

Specifically, Trump has announced he will take action to ban institutional investors like Blackstone from buying single-family homes — an idea that is already quite popular on the left and that has been pushed by politicians like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). And an idea, the board wrote, that...