In a world where everyone owns their home I’d probably agree.
In markets where almost everyone is renting, pushing safety costs onto the owner makes sense to me, renters have no financial incentive to upgrade and usually aren’t allowed anyways.
EV charging faces some similar hurdles, and in both cases lawmakers seem skittish about imposing costs specifically onto landlords like this. If the property is owned explicitly for turning a profit, it seems reasonable to expect them to invest in stuff like this too.
e: and if those costs are too high… there’s a long line of people who’d love the landlords to fuck off and sell it back to the market.
In a world where everyone owns their home I’d probably agree.
In markets where almost everyone is renting, pushing safety costs onto the owner makes sense to me, renters have no financial incentive to upgrade and usually aren’t allowed anyways.
EV charging faces some similar hurdles, and in both cases lawmakers seem skittish about imposing costs specifically onto landlords like this. If the property is owned explicitly for turning a profit, it seems reasonable to expect them to invest in stuff like this too.
e: and if those costs are too high… there’s a long line of people who’d love the landlords to fuck off and sell it back to the market.