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Cunninghams_right t1_iwrp5ad wrote

I think that much of the issue with development could be avoided if you gave advantages to homeowners and disadvantages to landlords. for example, you could make the rule that only houses that are currently owner-occupied can be converted to multi-family without going through the longer process. that way, folks who own their own houses can choose to either convert and sell or convert and remain in one of the units, both of which build wealth for homeowners. meanwhile a landlord would not get that benefit and still have to pursue the variance through the more complicated process. it wouldn't be perfect as people could game in my having a "straw buyer" technically own it for some period of time, but that's a lot of work and fraud, which would prevent most folks from doing that.

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