tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944244558806877209.post7303463354921412129..comments2023-10-25T21:11:44.375-07:00Comments on Twilight Zoning in Bellingham: Can We Talk Equity and Fairness?Zonemavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02853753467348220533noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944244558806877209.post-35059252730456840772010-11-27T03:24:42.647-08:002010-11-27T03:24:42.647-08:00Everyone should pay full cost. Are live-in proper...Everyone should pay full cost. Are live-in property owners paying full cost and landlords NOT paying full cost?<br /><br />That makes no sense.<br /><br />But I do have a concern with issues of applying charges specifically to "income producing" properties.<br /><br />What about the homeowner who bought - and rents out affordably - the house next door for his own physical security rather than as a money-making operation? (by owning it, he controls who lives in it and can ensure it doesn't become a drug house, illegal rooming house, etc)<br /><br />I rented for years from a retired teacher who lived in the home until she retired; the house supported her in retirement. (And after 15 years, my 30% below market rent had become 50% below market - no gouging here!) <br /><br />Many rental property owners are NOT professional landlords in it for the money, and I don't know why they should be treated as if they were greedy money-grubbers.<br /><br />On the other hand, distinguishing between them raises other issues.<br /><br />I'm not clear on why "income-generating" property should be regulated and/or taxed differently from other property.<br /><br />We already - okay, almost everybody except you people up in Washington and in a few other states - have an income tax.<br /><br />So let's tax income and stop discriminatorily taxing the things which produce said income.Terrynoreply@blogger.com