The easiest ways to put up barriers to rapacious landlords are: - prevent corporations from owning residential property - tax property rental income at a subs

The easiest ways to put up barriers to rapacious landlords are: - prevent corporations from owning residential property - tax property rental income at a substantially higher rate than income and exempt it from other deductions - tax residential property which is empty for more than de minimis periods at an eye-watering rate (perhaps 5-6x standard property taxes). None of this requires higher interest rates, but it will result in a transfer of wealth away from aging boomers and corporations, which apparently must be avoided at all costs.