theHRguy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoTIL: There are 27.4 Empty Homes for Each Homeless Person in the U.Slockmedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square256fedilinkarrow-up1799arrow-down122
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minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-27 days agoAre you including landlords? Most people with multiple houses have them to rent out: they’re not empty. Some percentage of people have a second “empty” house for vacations or as snowbirds, but I imagine the number with more is vanishingly small. I like the variation we have now, but more so. Let’s increase property taxes substantially, but also increase the residential exemption significantly. Low end houses become close to free of taxes the average house is taxed the same but taxes on high end houses and multiple houses are higher so overall property taxes go way up
minus-squarebuddascrayon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·7 days agoI didn’t say anything about empty houses. I just said houses. Fuck landlords. And if you can afford an extra house that you don’t live in all the time, you can afford extra taxes on that house.
Are you including landlords? Most people with multiple houses have them to rent out: they’re not empty.
Some percentage of people have a second “empty” house for vacations or as snowbirds, but I imagine the number with more is vanishingly small.
I like the variation we have now, but more so. Let’s increase property taxes substantially, but also increase the residential exemption significantly.
I didn’t say anything about empty houses. I just said houses. Fuck landlords. And if you can afford an extra house that you don’t live in all the time, you can afford extra taxes on that house.
Exactly this