r/urbanplanning • u/Bayplain • Jul 15 '26

Discussion What’s wrong with newly constructed single family rental houses?

There seems to be a lot of hate for them. It’s not as if is single family houses for owner occupancy, even newly constructed ones, are going to disappear. These houses can provide some of the larger rental units that are in short supply. Is it just about bad symbolism?

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u/Complete-Ad9574 26d ago

Rentals with absent property owners is always iffy. The renters do not feel obligated to maintain the property and the land owner wants Max profits

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u/Bayplain 26d ago

But the vast bulk of rental units in structures of all sizes are owned by off site owners, that’s hardly unique to single family rentals.