This type of law *increases* rents.
After all, the renters who pay their bills each month would have to subsidize those who don’t.
We shouldn’t fall for the idea that this is a case of renters vs. landlords; the actual contention is between “renters with good credit” vs. “renters with bad credit”.
Exactly
Sane rules keep rents reasonable for reasonable people... and higher for deadbeats. It's civilization affirmation...