Read previewPresident Joe Biden on Tuesday rolled out a plan offering landlords a choice: cap annual rent increases at 5% for the next two years or risk losing valuable tax credits.
These landlords control more than half the national rental market, according to senior White House officials.
Corporate landlords who increase rent by more than 5% would lose the valuable tax benefit known as depreciation deductions.
AdvertisementA focus on housing affordabilityAs president, Biden has pushed a series of pro-housing policies and generally favored more federal participation in housing policy.
Tuesday's move is part of a series of recent housing policy announcements from the administration.
Persons:
—, Joe Biden, Lael Brainard, Biden, Donald Trump, alledgedly colluding, Kamala Harris, Janet Yellen
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Service, White House, Business, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard, Tax, Republicans, Union
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Nevada, Clark County, Henderson , Nevada, State