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No, not homeowners.  The homeowners are the ones who are concerned with the effect this will have on their property values.  Homeowners probably don't want the additional overcrowding, and degradation of their neighborhoods.

I mean the investors who purchase these homes and illegally rent them out.  They will happily build an additional ADU to rent out in the backyard.  They already have 4 families living in their rental homes.  Now, they can have 6. Which means even more income.  They can use the land they purchased to rent to even to MORE people illegally.  Currently, it's somewhat difficult to do so.[/quote]

So homeowners aren't investing in their property? I keep reading about how a homeowner's property is their greatest investment, which makes it perfectly reasonable - indeed, justified - for a homeowner to view a policy's effect on their property values as the most single important thing about the policy.

As for people who are already renting out properties illegally, what do you think they're thinking? "I'm already violating these regulations, so I'm going to push for a new regulation for me to violate!" That doesn't make sense.[/quote]

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