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by Retric 978 days ago
Property tax is a finite fraction of a landlords costs, it could go up by 3% and the headroom exists on the rest of their expenses.

Further if all expenses increase by 3%, then profit also increases by 3%. With decades of inflation well below 3% landlords weren’t having issues affording repairs, they simply weren’t getting the maximum benefit from the area’s prosperity increasing.