L.A. council members propose taxing landlords who leave homes vacant

Re:L.A. council members propose taxing landlords who leave h... by reallydontask on Friday June 21, 2019 @03:07AM (#20240535)

> If there were no zoning laws, people could always move if they don’t like how the free market is changing their neighborhood. And housing would always be “affordable”.

I think this is a very optimistic view of what would happen.

Zoning laws are not perfect but without them there would be a race to the bottom and the public left to pay for the externalities.

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I might be wrong on this but I think that Victorian England kind of points towards what would happen

I know it's not 100% applicable but ...

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Re:L.A. council members propose taxing landlords who leave h... by pwinnski on Friday June 21, 2019 @01:18PM (#20244507)

Houston, Texas, has minimal zoning laws, and I don't know if that has led to a race to the bottom.

http://blog.urbanleasing.com/five-ways-houstons-lack-of-zoni...

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