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If eviction were easier, would that make landlords more willing to rent to less desirable tenants?
gpt
yes, their risk is lower.

Think of the choice to rent to a particular person or not as a risk assessment of expected values. If the average time to evict an undesirable tenant were 6 months, the property could be damaged significantly and the landlord likely faces opportunity cost if the undesirable tenant is not paying rent.

If we decreased the average time to evict a tenant to 3 months, the damage to the property could still be significant, but will be stopped sooner (possibly preventing some further degradation/damage). The opportunity cost of lost rent is half what it was before. maybe less, depending on the extent of repairs required.

So at least some landlords that wouldn't have risked a particular tenant before, may now consider the risk worth it.

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Other considerations:

\- effects on maintenance and investment in the property.

\- rent control -- distorts market in favour of current tenants at the expense of everyone else.