Why is the city cleaning that up? If someone did that to my house, I'd have to repair it myself, and hope insurance covers the cost.

As usual, these leftists are demonstrating their cluelessness about literally everything. Cancel rent? How does that work. Ok, so, lets cancel rent for a year. What happens? Landlords go broke, can't pay for repairs or maintenance, properties go into disrepair, and nobody ever trust property rights in the region meaning there are zero properties ever put up for rent, forcing anyone who can't buy to leave the area.