Millions of Homes Still Being Kept Vacant as Housing Costs Surge, Report Finds

Re:Millions of Homes Still Being Kept Vacant as Housing Cost... by usefulcat on Thursday October 12, 2023 @09:12AM (#37856706)

Then the tax is too low to achieve the desired effect?

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Re:Millions of Homes Still Being Kept Vacant as Housing Cost... by lazide on Thursday October 12, 2023 @09:27AM (#37856845)

And/or not being applied effectively due to corruption or folks lying/hiding empty units.

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Re:Millions of Homes Still Being Kept Vacant as Housing Cost... by nameless912 on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:42AM (#37857854)

I always love this counterargument to penalty based enforcement in these sorts of situations. "The penalties don't seem to have the desired effect!" Then the natural conclusion is that they aren't high enough.

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Re:Millions of Homes Still Being Kept Vacant as Housing Cost... by usefulcat on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:51AM (#37858027)

If that's not a reasonable conclusion in this particular case, I'm interested in knowing why.

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