I'm with you in that I fundamentally believe everyone who desires it should have access to home autonomy. In the sense they are the sole arbiter of actions involving their primary residence, including stable, predictable financing costs.
To me, the biggest problem is the lack of affordable capacity available for primary residence buyers at desired price points.
Which means increasing inventory.
Which means (1) upzoning for density (as most desired locations are land-constrained) & (2) preventing that new inventory from being constructed-as or repurposed-into rentals.
To (2), I'd love to see more efforts to increase costs on large landlords. E.g. a limited-number token system, effectively capping the % of rental properties in an area, with tokens regularly (re-)auctioned off to the highest bidder.
If a giant corporation wants to be a landlord, they shouldn't be able to corner the market.
To me, the biggest problem is the lack of affordable capacity available for primary residence buyers at desired price points.
Which means increasing inventory.
Which means (1) upzoning for density (as most desired locations are land-constrained) & (2) preventing that new inventory from being constructed-as or repurposed-into rentals.
To (2), I'd love to see more efforts to increase costs on large landlords. E.g. a limited-number token system, effectively capping the % of rental properties in an area, with tokens regularly (re-)auctioned off to the highest bidder.
If a giant corporation wants to be a landlord, they shouldn't be able to corner the market.