Re:Barcelona Fines Landlords Who Let Buildings Sit Empty
by jellicle on Monday March 18, 2019 @08:56PM
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Is that a trick question? The negative externality is leaving a usable property vacant when public policy encourages use. You're maintaining this situation:
and it seems obvious to me why that's bad and public policy should not promote it.
As a public policy, along the lines of taxing vacant properties, we could also simply permit any vacant or unused property to be lived in and used by anyone who came along.
https://squattinglondon.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/ominous-...
and it seems obvious to me why that's bad and public policy should not promote it.
As a public policy, along the lines of taxing vacant properties, we could also simply permit any vacant or unused property to be lived in and used by anyone who came along.