The tax increase can be for the landlords. Maybe a smart thing is to tax vacant housing and use that money to subsidize unpaid rent. The point is to limit the

The tax increase can be for the landlords. Maybe a smart thing is to tax vacant housing and use that money to subsidize unpaid rent. The point is to limit the risk for landlords. Maybe they will earn less on good tenants, because of taxes, but they won't hesitate as much before taking "not as good" tenants.