Because you would be upset if a developer bought every house on your block and converted them to eight-plexes and rented them out to Section 8 tenants, and we should provide some level of protection against that from happening.

I can be upset, but why should I expect the government to “protect” me from that feeling? It’s a free country.

We’re not talking about a sewage treatment plant or even a data center, we’re talking about fellow members of our community living in code-compliant housing.

I wouldn't be upset, actually.