Board of Commissioners · May 18, 2026
O-26-5-101
Ordinance on first reading: Housing market manipulation by investors
Consideration of an Ordinance of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, amending the Knox County Code, Chapter 53, “Real Property,” to add a new Article II entitled “Housing,” for the purpose of prohibiting housing market manipulation by large institutional investors; restricting the purchase of single-family homes for rental purposes by certain business entities; establishing enforcement mechanisms; and for other purposes (amending Knox County Code, Chapter 53, establishing Article II, previously reserved) – (FIRST READING)
See this item across every meeting →On May 18, 2026, the Knox County, TN Board of Commissioners deferred “Ordinance on first reading: Housing market manipulation by investors” to a later meeting.
Substitute motion to defer to the July 2026 meeting Ordinance O-26-5-101 on first reading
Moved by Adam Thompson · seconded by Larsen Jay
Topics: Zoning & land use
The vote as recorded
Aye · 10
Absent · 1
Public forum
The clerk’s minutes note 6 speakers at the public forum for this meeting.
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