Why assessing the state of the world is harder than it sounds

Re:Why assessing the state of the world is harder than it so... by posixplz on Friday July 20, 2018 @10:41AM (#17575357)

British Columbia does this. The Vancouver housing market has seen major shifts because of their vacancy tax.

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Re:Why assessing the state of the world is harder than it so... by DjiboutiJon on Friday July 20, 2018 @12:57PM (#17576739)

Any sources I can read about this?

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Re:Why assessing the state of the world is harder than it so... by posixplz on Friday July 20, 2018 @02:21PM (#17577474)

https://www.google.com/search?q=vacancy+tax+vancouver

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Re:Why assessing the state of the world is harder than it so... by thisacctforreal on Saturday July 21, 2018 @07:09AM (#17581602)

ddg: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=vacancy+tax+vancouver

From a CBC article;

Under the new rules, homes that are not occupied for at least six months of the year are subject to a tax of one per cent of the property's assessed value. The deadline to rent out empty dwellings was July 1.

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