> removed from their homes by forces they can't control
A caveat here is that many of these people vote against denser zoning in their neighborhood. So, in a way, the appreciation of their primary home is due to factors that they do control.
"in a way" -- the region in question is northern New Hampshire.
on balance, the housing price appreciation, and therefore tax burden, on "these people" is functionally entirely due to external macroeconomic factors, which you can clearly see on the Zillow Housing price index by typing in "New Hampshire" or any relevant zip code: https://www.zillow.com/home-values/
The average NH home increased $7k-$10k in value per year linearly for the last 10 years!
Then it increased $25k Jan '20 -> Jan '21.
Then it increased *$53k* Jan '21 -> Jan '22.
10 years worth of price appreciation, and therefore tax appreciation, occurred in a 2 year window.
I understand many people have a pet housing policy issue they care about, but trying to attribute this step-function change in tax burden to "New Hampshire zoning laws" and "these people" as opposed to the massive increase in demand caused by Covid urban flight/WFH & relaxed monetary policy is completely unreasonable.
A caveat here is that many of these people vote against denser zoning in their neighborhood. So, in a way, the appreciation of their primary home is due to factors that they do control.