Since 1619 the General Assembly has served as representative of the people, and since 1634 the political subdivisions known as counties have been structured so government decisions would be responsive to local concerns - and those were reflected by who could vote and who could serve in office.
Virginia has never offered a political system where the poor could soak the rich. The Founding Fathers were, after all, among the wealthiest people in Virginia society. Those with property were those with the most to lose - one fancy mansion built by one of the Lee family may well have been torched by thieves.
Lawlessness by indentured servants and poor farmers was a concern, in addition to the fear of slave revolts. There were several episodes during periods of low prices for tobacco, when plants in the fields of some plantations were destroyed before harvest. Such tobacco "stinting" incidents failed to reduce the supply of tobacco enough to raise the export price for all farmers in Virginia, but certainly affected the wealth of the individuals whose crops was destroyed. (Remember, there was no police force in colonial Virginia, and patrols to intercept conspiracies that could lead to slave revolts were rare because of the cost.)
In the political arena, the gentry designed a system where a large number of indentured servants in a county could *not* control the vote - and thus potentially impose high taxes on land and slaves to fund expensive government services for the poor. That could have impoverished the rich property owners and drained the county treasury - after which, the poor might move on to another county, since most had few economic ties to the land in the local area.
The political system in Virginia has always been designed to encourage a responsible, long-term perspective... and restricting the priviledge of voting to those who owned land helped ensure that the elected leaders were responsible. The restriction on voting has been eliminated, but the objective remains the same.
Today, the Federal government encourage home ownership. In addition to a variety of government plans subsidizing mortgage rates for veterans and low-income citizens in particular, the middle-income and the fabulously rich can take advantage of the mortgage interest rate deduction to minimize their income taxes. Flat tax advocates lose a great deal of their political support when they propose eliminating this mortgage deduction. In America today, two out of three families own their own home, and there's a solid bloc of voters who care about the ong-term health of the local community... including the tax laws.