Agreed. I was addressing the premise in the post i initially responded to, which was "tax short-term rentals and pass the proceeds onto homeowners to build ADUs," which I'm opposed to for the reasons previously stated. Further, the most upvoted reply on this post as a whole is pointing out a government program that provides up to $50,000 to existing homeowners to build an ADU. In the context of those kinds of programs, where the government is just writing somebody a check, I'd rather see them write a check to a renter to help them become a homeowner, than to a homeowner to help them become a landlord.

But like I said in my previous post, I'd rather the government just take the money and build more housing, with the caveat that it needs to be somehow targeted at first-time homeowners.