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Because renters dont vote. They either dont have residency, are foreigners, or live transiently. I think it is a terrible strategy to try to convince homeowner
by conanbatt 9y ago
Because renters dont vote. They either dont have residency, are foreigners, or live transiently.
I think it is a terrible strategy to try to convince homeowners that its best for them to forego clear economic benefits for blurry future profits. The solution is land value tax: just remove city sales taxes and add a tax on land. That will make low density units more expensive, the tax burden is relieved from the renter and lands on the homeowner and renters see their income increase immediately.
- sjg007 9y agoYou don't need residency to vote in the US. You just have to be a US citizen. Now you do register based on where you live but that's about it.
- drag0nballz 9y agoRenters do vote (I'm a renter, rent a house in Oakland, before that rented a place in San Francisco for 13 years). Buuuuuuuuuuut, that place was rent controlled. So it didn't seem like an issue to me. SB827 would have made my Bart commute worse but it seemed like the right thing to do.