• Rivalarrival
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    5 hours ago

    Rent. Rent needs to die in a fire.

    Landlording needs to be less lucrative than a private mortgage or land contract. Jack up the taxes on all residential properties, and grant steep exemptions for owner-occupants only.

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      4 hours ago

      Be very careful with the wording of those exemptions, or you’re going to have an owner living in a tower with 230 roommates.

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        2 hours ago

        True. I would only allow the exemption on 1-4 unit properties. I would allow an on-site landlord to rent out the remaining 1-3 units without losing the exemption.

        Renting should be a wildly atypical housing arrangement. “Land Contracts” should replace virtually every circumstance where renting currently makes sense.