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0 pointstptacek3y ago0 comments

Again, that is inherently a policy decision that reduces density and affordability; by definition, "landlords" are people that own and operate multi-family dwellings. You could just as easily ask "why not give more of a preference to landlords?"

It's probably useful for you to understand my, uh, priors? about this, which include the fact that I live in an overwhelmingly SFZ community that actively works to prevent the construction of multi-family dwellings, often with appeals to the evil of "landlords".

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sokoloff3y ago

There's plenty of landlords who own SFRs as well. Building for building, I don't think tax policy should favor landlords over owner-occupants.

How zoning should work is an orthogonal question in my view.

tptacekOP3y ago

Most owner-occupants own SFZ lots. Every owner of a multi-family dwelling is a landlord.

sokoloff3y ago

I'd prefer that an owner-occupant be able to write off the interest on N/N units on a parcel, just the same as a landlord is able to write off the interest on N/N units.

That's true for N=1 (SFR), N=2 (duplex, half-occupied by the owner), N=3 (triple-decker with owner living in one), or N=50.

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sokoloff3y ago

There's plenty of landlords who own SFRs as well. Building for building, I don't think tax policy should favor landlords over owner-occupants.

How zoning should work is an orthogonal question in my view.

tptacekOP3y ago

Most owner-occupants own SFZ lots. Every owner of a multi-family dwelling is a landlord.

sokoloff3y ago

I'd prefer that an owner-occupant be able to write off the interest on N/N units on a parcel, just the same as a landlord is able to write off the interest on N/N units.

That's true for N=1 (SFR), N=2 (duplex, half-occupied by the owner), N=3 (triple-decker with owner living in one), or N=50.

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