Every status - banker, landlord, tenant, advocate, lawyer, owner, renter, homeless - is a category we engineer into our laws. We can change those laws to ensure that everyone is protected equally and to maximum well-being. By requiring a reason to evict, the law would only be telling property owners "you can't do this for emotional reasons (you don't get along with your tenant), or on a whim. If you must have a substantial reason, your rental business will not be harmed, your business will be more stable, the community your properties are in will be more stable, and the lives of your tenants will improve." Moreover, such a requirement reminds us that being a property owner isn't just to benefit you - you are renting to human beings who need the services you are offering, and once you do rent to them, you must afford them the justice of never evicting them without them having already done you harm. To demand that dignity is not such a huge ask, as these are members of your community. To require a just cause for an eviction is simply to give the tenant the dignity of calling their rental their home.
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