Re:Intel Honesty
by spockz on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @05:23PM
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This is a large reason why many of our larger municipalities now forbid to buy a home in their zone if it isn’t (going to be) your primary residence. It seems to be working quite well.
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The only thing that matters is how many homes there are; stuff like this and vacancy taxes has barely any effect. The main reason to do it is if you want to appear to solve the problem without actually trying to solve it.
The main reason anyone would own two SFHs is that you need to do this in order to move. If you sell your first home before moving you're homeless. And after that it can take a long time to find a buyer.
They're a bad rental investment though because it's way too risky to own one; one bad renter or one roof replacement means you've lost money.
>The only thing that matters is how many homes there are
Cost of construction also matters - it reduces the renter's BATNA which reduces bargaining power.
That sounds like a policy I can get behind. Can you share a name of such a policy or a link to one?