WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Adam Schiff issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, and 15 Democratic Senators to introduce The American Homeownership Act to rein in corporate landlords and get housing back into the hands of the American people. The bill would end tax breaks and other housing benefits for Wall Street landlords and reinvest the savings to increase the supply of affordable housing, bring down housing costs, and support homeownership for real people. The bill will also empower antitrust enforcers to preven...