> The market rate rents “come to us instead of flowing out to the private sector,” says Marks, allowing other tenants to pay less. But because of the controlli

> The market rate rents “come to us instead of flowing out to the private sector,” says Marks, allowing other tenants to pay less. But because of the controlling stake being a government, this seems like it could fail the 14th amendment’s equality clause. Since individuals are being presented with different rent. I guess it all depends on how it’s structured. 14th amendment regulates governments. Something that would be normal for a private sector participant can be discarded when public money or direct public ownership is involved. Then again, low income public housing has different rates based on how many dependents you have or earn. But I wouldn’t assume anything. Maybe the constitutional challenge never happened specifically because only poor people were the tenants. By mixing it with people who can pay market rents anywhere but might want the lower rate, there is a new attack surface to challenge it.