Re:San Francisco Progressives Declare War on Affordable Housing
by runamok on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @10:09PM
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It is poorly worded but I think effectively it's true. If I understand correctly a 10000 sq ft lot would be taxed the same regardless if it was a 1 story house or a 6 story condo... So effectively it's a discount compared to the way normal property tax is levied that values the cost of the structure on the land...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax
Re:San Francisco Progressives Declare War on Affordable Housing
by tmnvix on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @07:06AM
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Well, yes. Though this interpretation only makes sense if "urban buildings" doesn't mean "buildings in an urban area" as most would expect, but instead "high occupancy buildings". It is either wrong or very poorly worded.
Re:San Francisco Progressives Declare War on Affordable Housing
by bufordsharkley on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @10:15PM
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It creates the incentives for creating more housing, in that land is most likely to be brought into efficient use.
It won't create more square-footage of land in which people can live, but it makes it more likely that cities will grow in ways to sustain more people.
Which was followed by:
> land-value taxation...is basically just the idea of giving property tax exemptions for urban buildings.
That is almost the exact opposite of what LVT does.