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With UBI, landlords would have to be more competitive, not less, because 1. No one would be trapped in a place that they could not afford to leave. 2. All neighborhoods would be safer, so poorer neighborhoods would be attractive to renters. 3. Renters would have money to travel further for a deal.

Let's do it.

And rent ceilings, by law.

Not so much in the UK. The govt has a valuations office that collects this data anyway

Landlords would simply adjust rents to cover those taxes that can also be included in business deductions. There are no laws that prevent businesses from including business expenses in the computation of prices. And property taxes are deductible on Schedule E. How do we solve that?

Echoes of Henry George

And rent control.