Re:Vancouver house prices are falling
by KKKKkkkk1 on Saturday February 04, 2017 @07:10PM
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Until I see actual statistics about empty houses, I consider this policy as a useful empty gesture. It's an opportunity for politicians to pretend that they are doing something about housing prices, while avoiding actually doing anything, and hence avoiding the unintended consequences.
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If I did the math right, there are 50 empty dwellings in England for every person sleeping on the streets. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/27/squatters-op...
Re:Vancouver house prices are falling
by omegaham on Saturday February 04, 2017 @11:07PM
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The article looks at one empty building in London, but how many dwellings are in decent areas versus shitholes / the middle of nowhere? I doubt that all of them are Russian oligarch money havens.
We can play similar games in the US with abandoned houses - there are probably enough abandoned homes in Gary, Indiana to house the entire US' homeless population. Said homes, unfortunately, happen to be in Gary.
I don't know enough about England towns and cities to make a judgment, but it looks like The Guardian got their data from here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tab...
Re:Vancouver house prices are falling
by Tiktaalik on Saturday February 04, 2017 @08:38PM
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There have been a number of studies using a variety of methodologies.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/vancouv...