I own seven rentals. The county wants more affordable housing. But, it is illegal for me to do anything more than paint a wall and clean the floor. All other work, roofs, plumbing, an whole repaint, new flooring, is supposed to be done by a contractor. The prices, as you might imagine, are inflated because they can charge anything they want. I can put on a roof using the heaviest gage metal for about $6k. A contractor would charge $12k and use metal much thinner. Also, taxes for home owners haven’t gone up in five years; a point much touted by local politicians. The politicians, have, however, continued with pork projects. My taxes on commercial property have continued to rise. So, you want affordable housing, quit making your money off landlords.
Agreed.
Some property owners complain because they’re billed for school taxes on their property tax statement, claiming it’s unfair that homeowners must bear the burden of educating the children of renters.
But landlords ARE paying those taxes, and traditionally have divided up & passed those costs on to the renters.
Now the social fascists want us to pay all the schooling with no hope of reimbursement, plus subsidize their rent, then when we’re bankrupt, they’ll generously bail us out— by seizing our property!
So instead of one “greedy” landlord, the poor renters will be overseen by a consortium of bureaucrats.
But what happens when the ‘crats demand a payraise? Lol.