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Re:Average Rent in San Francisco Has Dropped $1k This Year by kungito on Monday December 28, 2020 @11:20AM (#25560394)
It's such a simple solution which would never pass almost anywhere in the world
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Re:Average Rent in San Francisco Has Dropped $1k This Year by knowhy on Monday December 28, 2020 @11:38AM (#25560572)
Berlin has such laws since 2014 and it is working poorly. Turns out that it is hard to get an overview of empty apartments. City government has to rely on other tenants reporting empty apartments.
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Re:Average Rent in San Francisco Has Dropped $1k This Year by cogman10 on Monday December 28, 2020 @11:26AM (#25560451)
It's already passed in SF for retail [1] and other areas for non-retail.

Further, the revenue from that tax could be used to fund public housing to further drive down housing costs.

[1] https://www.bookweb.org/news/san-francisco-approves-vacant-p...

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Re:Average Rent in San Francisco Has Dropped $1k This Year by eeZah7Ux on Monday December 28, 2020 @11:24AM (#25560432)
Netherlands had laws discouraging speculators and hoarders from keeping empty homes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squatting_in_the_Netherlands

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