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Republican policies tend to treat homeowners well and renters poorly.
For example, in a number of states, Republicans have combined a property tax cut (renters unable to keep more of what they have earned) with a sales tax hike (renters guaranteed to keep less of what they have earned).
A number of blue states provide property tax relief to renters and homeowners; red states are happy to help homeowners but not help renters. Even help offered to renters in red states, though rare, is also vulnerable to repeal; Missouri eliminated its circuit breaker property tax credit for renters last year.
A number of red states tax rental property at higher rates than owner-occupied homes; when this policy expands into blue states, there are usually Republicans involved, as in Michigan where Republicans created a nonhomestead tax that makes the total school tax rate on rental property four times the rate on owner-occupied homes.
And Mario Rubio spent a lot of time and energy in Florida trying to cut property taxes for homeowners while sticking renters with a higher sales tax and fewer dollars in their pockets.
And Rubio also sponsored a bill to allow landlords to charge two months rent to any renter who breaks a lease early. While it is always appropriate to charge for actual damages. Rubio's bill allows landlords to stick it to renters even when the landlord comes out ahead (e.g. by re-renting the apt at a higher price in a rising market) and suffer no economic damages.
These Republicans are usually the same people who support exclusionary zoning (which, according to Thomas Sowell, redistributes income upward from renters to homeowners) while opposing rent control (which is effectively the flip side of zoning). So Republicans support picking winners and losers as long as the winners are homeowners and the losers are renters.
What do Republicans have against renters and why do they treat renters so badly?
Republican policies tend to treat homeowners well and renters poorly.
For example, in a number of states, Republicans have combined a property tax cut (renters unable to keep more of what they have earned) with a sales tax hike (renters guaranteed to keep less of what they have earned).
A number of blue states provide property tax relief to renters and homeowners; red states are happy to help homeowners but not help renters. Even help offered to renters in red states, though rare, is also vulnerable to repeal; Missouri eliminated its circuit breaker property tax credit for renters last year.
A number of red states tax rental property at higher rates than owner-occupied homes; when this policy expands into blue states, there are usually Republicans involved, as in Michigan where Republicans created a nonhomestead tax that makes the total school tax rate on rental property four times the rate on owner-occupied homes.
And Mario Rubio spent a lot of time and energy in Florida trying to cut property taxes for homeowners while sticking renters with a higher sales tax and fewer dollars in their pockets.
And Rubio also sponsored a bill to allow landlords to charge two months rent to any renter who breaks a lease early. While it is always appropriate to charge for actual damages. Rubio's bill allows landlords to stick it to renters even when the landlord comes out ahead (e.g. by re-renting the apt at a higher price in a rising market) and suffer no economic damages.
These Republicans are usually the same people who support exclusionary zoning (which, according to Thomas Sowell, redistributes income upward from renters to homeowners) while opposing rent control (which is effectively the flip side of zoning). So Republicans support picking winners and losers as long as the winners are homeowners and the losers are renters.
What do Republicans have against renters and why do they treat renters so badly?
My republican slumlord refuses to have anything fixed correctly, he has a full time maintenance man that cobbles together, while all the time collecting his full rental fees from me.
I should penalize him by deducting $50 a month for failure to repair and maintain.
If I call the housing department, I'll be evicted.
Last edited by CaseyB; 11-02-2012 at 11:55 AM..
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My republican slumlord refuses to have anything fixed correctly, he has a full time maintenance man that cobbles sh*t together, while all the time collecting his full rental fees from me.
I should penalize him by deducting $50 a month for failure to repair and maintain.
If I call the housing department, I'll be evicted.
Shouldn't you be complaining about Republicans wanting to kill little old ladies instead?
But all I can afford is a 400-sf house on 2,500 sf land, and that is not allowed anywhere outside of rural areas.
Democrats tried to force lenders to finance McMansions for borrowers who couldn't afford it. My solution involved more liberty and less government - simply let the market operate and allow a willing seller and a willing buyer to make deals.
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