return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoBiden to call for 5% cap on annual rent increases, as he tries to show plans to tame inflationapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square229fedilinkarrow-up1781arrow-down119
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minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThe problem is rent isn’t interstate commerce. There isn’t a way to justify that there is a national mandate for this, it’s a matter left to states. As for property taxes, many states already do this with exemptions for a primary residence that reduces taxes.
minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoI’m talking about increased taxes for each additional home so that owning more than 2 or 3 homes becomes financially unviable. This causes an incentive to sell if you own a lot and prevents someone wanting to own a lot in the first place.
The problem is rent isn’t interstate commerce. There isn’t a way to justify that there is a national mandate for this, it’s a matter left to states.
As for property taxes, many states already do this with exemptions for a primary residence that reduces taxes.
I’m talking about increased taxes for each additional home so that owning more than 2 or 3 homes becomes financially unviable. This causes an incentive to sell if you own a lot and prevents someone wanting to own a lot in the first place.