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The Hill: Politicians seek relief for renters—but landlords have rights, too
State and local governments have closed businesses across the country in response to COVID-19, putting millions of Americans out of work. Right now, those Americans’ biggest concerns are keeping a roof over their heads and feeding their families.
Against that backdrop of economic anxiety, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) tweeted, “It is time to #CancelRent and #CancelMortgages until this crisis is over.” He’s just one of many politicians around the country pushing such plans.
But Tony Francois warns that these rent holiday and forgiveness schemes are flatly unconstitutional and apt to cause more long-term harm to the economy.
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The OC Register: COVID-19 has exposed the extent of the affordable housing crisis…here’s how to start fixing it
We are at an intersection of two critical crises: health and housing. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that, now more than ever, having a safe home is a basic human need.
But needlessly restrictive land-use policies have left our communities with too few, and too expensive, homes. Brian Hodges and Angela Erickson tell us why the crisis has been deepening for decades and could dramatically worsen—unless we commit to addressing the housing shortage with the same urgency and priority that we have shown in response to COVID-19.
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Arizona Capitol Times: Failure to end home equity theft will deepen virus crisis
With the economy teetering toward a deep recession in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many states are taking proactive measures to help their citizens by easing property tax burdens and offering monetary relief.
Arizona, however, with a legislative session cut short, left to die a bill to end the state’s unconstitutional process of home equity theft—that is, stealing Arizonans’ hard-earned home equity for unpaid property taxes. Jim Manley and Daniel Dew explain how it’s not too late for lawmakers to save what is many Arizonans’ biggest asset.
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