Foreign land ownership in the United States has long been a contentious issue, with approximately 28 states as of the 2025 legislative session enacting laws to restrict such ownership. Today, laws ...

According to a Congressional Research Service report published in 2020 (and cited by this column before), the federal government owned 24.7 percent of the land in the District of Columbia as of 2018.

He has started holding meetings with state and county leaders “to discuss best land management practices and how to effectively move forward.” Idaho Republican Rep. Russ Fulcher wants his state to be ...