It's definitely out of control in Austin due to our insane city council that is addicted to raising property taxes to the max to pay for their various scams

Just saw KCMO's city council was starting to do some weird things, in terms of ordinances, that were not landlord friendly.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/11/02/rent-control-policy-likely-fueled-the-gentrification-of-san-francisco-study-finds/Rent controlThe city council in Long Beach is passing rent controls.  

4) City Council Meetings - This is a great place to find the meeting minutes and see what large-scale developments are happening or policy changes.

Ordinances that have been approved by Council (adopted) but not yet published in the Municipal Code are listed on the City Clerk’s web page.

Ohio House bill prompts Akron to draft its own ordinance City Council decided the legislation was necessary after the Ohio House of Representative introduced a bill in February to prevent municipalities from prohibiting short-term rentals and regulating the number, duration, or frequency of rental periods.

Council on ageing.My concern would be upkeep and mobility as your mother gets older. 

As a born and raised Detroiter, it kills me to have to constantly defend the current Detroit as not being the same Detroit as it was a decade ago.Detroit has had to climb over all the previous years, Mayors, City Councils, etc...that have legitimately placed negativity (at the time) on Detroit. 

A tenant’s guest shoots and kills someone at the rental property.Another tenant threatens to behead the landlord.And a third renter runs a prostitution ring out of the unit.In each case, the landlord pursues an eviction, and each time, the judge says no.These are just some of the eviction-worthy situations that have gone nowhere since April 6, when the California Judicial Council suspended virtually all unlawful-detainer proceedings in the state.In the cases above, the landlords pointed to the Judicial Council’s exception for threats to health and safety.The plaintiffs were still denied.The justification?

It will absolutely re-shape most major Canadian cities and will permanently alter the neighborhoods that have been untouched for decades.Regina City Council Bylaw Amendments