Well I have to ask you whether or not you participate in zoning board meetings? Have you actively fought or supported any motions to restrict mixed use developm

Well I have to ask you whether or not you participate in zoning board meetings? Have you actively fought or supported any motions to restrict mixed use development or anything that would bring the "missing middle" to your city? If you haven't done the following then I don't think you're the problem but a symptom. Sure, we could tax small landlords more over an arbitrary amount of real estate valuation or something but I would suspect that due to how corporate structuring can be handled that it would be mitigated by such things. I think it'll be a complex set of decisions that'll need to be taken before North American cities become economically viable for most folks in the lower income brackets. Until the various benefits are exceeded by the hidden costs of keeping them for multiple take holders, nothing will change.