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Should be 100% people who will live in the house. No less.
I think there's a reasonable argument for local (and responsible) landlords to exist. Not everyone wants to be tied down to a property or have to worry about repairs.
I can kind of get behind like Grandma renting out a house that she spent 30 years paying off so that she isn't starving on social security alone kind of stuff.
maybe like an allowance that an individual could at most have one home they're renting out. there should also be significant controls about the price of rent, maybe tied to the price of home purchases so that renters could not get screwed paying more than they would have had to pay to buy the place.
but in my opinion no corporation should be able to rent homes.
honestly even apartments should be required to have a lease own option that is not significantly different cost than renting.
As a home owner, the cost of "what you'd have to pay to own the home" is extremely variable and to an extent down to dumb luck.
I think it's sufficient to say no individual should be able to rent out more than X number of homes where X is what that individual could reasonably take care of. I'm okay with corporate rentals, particularly in the case of complexes as well.
Basically, I don't think small business or individuals that live in the area that do rentals are the problem. If someone wants to rent out houses as their primary source of income ... sure why not.
It's like anything else though, there needs to be reasonable limits to stop gluttony. I think a limit of "you can have 1 rental property" is way too low though.