I think it’s better for building to be done mixed-style, eg fancier homes mixed with less fancy ones. Prevents ghettoisation too, and forces the rich to interact with the poor more.
Taxing vacant homes is meh, I think it’s better to outright seize them. We then can claim we don’t tax vacant homes (as there aren’t any).
Plus not taxing vacant homes gives the government no incentive to make MORE vacant homes. If it’s taxed, at least let the vacant home tax be less to the government in terms of profit, than having them be occupied; but more to homeowners.
Taxing vacant homes is meh, I think it’s better to outright seize them. We then can claim we don’t tax vacant homes (as there aren’t any).
It’ll upset the powers that be, they’ll yell communist!
So, increasingly tax’em for a couple of years, then seize them (and maybe use that tax money for remodeling if need be).
40%? Why not 30%? Or 20%, maybe even 10%?
I think it’s better for building to be done mixed-style, eg fancier homes mixed with less fancy ones. Prevents ghettoisation too, and forces the rich to interact with the poor more.
Taxing vacant homes is meh, I think it’s better to outright seize them. We then can claim we don’t tax vacant homes (as there aren’t any).
Plus not taxing vacant homes gives the government no incentive to make MORE vacant homes. If it’s taxed, at least let the vacant home tax be less to the government in terms of profit, than having them be occupied; but more to homeowners.
It’ll upset the powers that be, they’ll yell communist!
So, increasingly tax’em for a couple of years, then seize them (and maybe use that tax money for remodeling if need be).
I wasn’t super with your comment at first, but this point - - holy fuck, watch the “housing crisis” disappear overnight if this was even hinted at.