> Having landlords is fine as long as those landlords themselves are residents of the same city. I suspect this would simply lead to property owners having a n

> Having landlords is fine as long as those landlords themselves are residents of the same city. I suspect this would simply lead to property owners having a nominal “registered agent” in the city as the “owner” but all control and profit flows to the real owners. Moreover, think about blighted cities. If a company is willing to come in to such a city and build some really nice affordable apartments that would improve the city for everyone, it seems like an undue burden to force them to live in that city as well. Your proposal could lead to shitty places to live staying shitty for a long time.