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Re:Vancouver Tax on Empty Homes to Target Near-Zero Rental S... by csomar on Thursday September 15, 2016 @11:07AM (#12506764)
He didn't say theft is okay. He said it deterred empty homes. However, I wonder if the home will be filled with security guards instead of real owners.
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Re:Vancouver Tax on Empty Homes to Target Near-Zero Rental S... by undersuit on Thursday September 15, 2016 @11:51AM (#12507147)
I guess it is slightly better that the foreign owner pay security guards American Dollars to protect his property than for it to sit empty.
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Re:Vancouver Tax on Empty Homes to Target Near-Zero Rental S... by runamok on Thursday September 15, 2016 @12:12PM (#12507341)
Sure. House police officers and their families which frees up the normal properties those folks would be renting...
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Re:Vancouver Tax on Empty Homes to Target Near-Zero Rental S... by PanMan on Friday September 16, 2016 @05:04AM (#12512747)
Yes. We had like 1000 squaters and 20.000 anti-squat people living in Amsterdam. Which proved the system worked :). Anti-squat: cheap living but with very little guarantees (can be kicked out on short notice). It was (and still is) quite popular.
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