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Re:Liberalizing Land Use Regulations: The Case of Houston (2... by epistasis on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @01:10PM (#27039877)
Even if you capture 100% of the increase in land value with land rents, that's only been about 5%-10% per year in hot markets. And even as you're taking out loans for last year, there's additional increases you can borrow more money from. So people that truly don't care about profiting from their land can handle it pretty much indefinitely.

However, once you can no longer gain money from speculating on its increase in value, that also means that there's going to be a ton more land available for increased use. The coercive effect of a land value tax is balanced by the a reduction in people speculating.

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