What I most object to is requirements to pay people to move, eviction procedures which are long, expensive and drawn out... That is seizing private property.
Owner occupied evictions should be the same as an eviction at a hotel. You call the cops, the cops say you're leaving now, pack. Out and done. Forcing someone to live with someone who is being forced out is insanely stupid.
Non-owner occupied evictions should be a few days at most for non-payment; payment for additional time should be optional for the property owner and through the court. A month's notice for someone on month to month rent is not ideal, but it should be the most required.
This is where the theft of private property is happening.
And mind you, fixing the eviction system fixes the housing system. Sure, a few times a year you'll have sob articles about how a single mom was being evicted with her new baby. Right, got it. But by fixing the eviction system, those who have been evicted before can finally re-enter the rental market rather than being limited to pretty much only hotel rooms.
Why would you rent to someone who's had an eviction before if your state's system requires a 2-4 month long procedure to get them out (and skip paying rent during that time too.) The average eviction costs $4,000, excluding the lost rent and repairs required. Fix the system, you fix a whole lot of people who can't get rentals.
As for first in time polices (hey, Seattle), bans on criminal background checks (hey, Seattle...), stop. All those bans do is...absolutely nothing. First and foremost, federal housing requires background checks - the government gets more rights than the people? Seattle, you gonna win in court over this? Nope. And property owners are still going to do it, they're just going to do it when no one is looking. They'll change application dates and times to put someone else first in line, etc.
Private property and public property is stolen every time an foreign alien crosses that border.
Big agricultural producers demand local governments subsidize housing for their illegal foreign laborers.
Most rental owners are bottom feeding scum. Rental properties are like the old feudal system.
I want people owning houses instead of renting.
If there is anything that should be fixed it is the usurious loan structures that prevent most average people from owning property.