You said: How would a renter feel if their rent increased because their landlord was unable to take a mortgage deduction? I countered that the home mortgage i

You said: How would a renter feel if their rent increased because their landlord was unable to take a mortgage deduction? I countered that the home mortgage interest deduction doesn't apply to rental properties. Renters and homeowners are thus currently unequal from a tax standpoint, since renters effectively pay a higher tax rate than homeowners. Removing the deduction would thus not create a new inequality; it would remedy an existing one.