Re:New Zealand to ban foreigners from buying existing houses
by rorykoehler on Thursday October 26, 2017 @10:49PM
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Please see my comment in grandparent thread relating to high quality subsidised public housing for a better approach to the issue.
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Re:New Zealand to ban foreigners from buying existing houses
by crispinb on Friday October 27, 2017 @12:37AM
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The best balance of policies to deal with fair & equitable housing supply has been the subject of vast tonnages of reports and research over many decades. It's hardly going to be resolved in a comments page.
That's a different topic from what I was commenting on, ie. NZ's putative duty to write its laws for your lifestyle convenience.
Re:New Zealand to ban foreigners from buying existing houses
by rorykoehler on Friday October 27, 2017 @02:02AM
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Clearly hardly any governments have read or paid attention to the "vast tonnages of reports and research over many decades" relating to fair & equitable housing supply or they wouldn't be resorting to the level of populist BS that is prevalent in the world today.
Re:New Zealand to ban foreigners from buying existing houses
by ponyfleisch on Friday October 27, 2017 @03:58AM
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You have not provided any further details on why this is better.
And you mention living a transient lifestyle. Please tell me more about the property you own in Singapore then, because i'm sure you're happy paying a double digit percentage stamp duty in a not entirely stable market for 1-2 years of living here.
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