Just because you think more housing starts is not a panacea does not make you a NIMBY. Do you support a #vacancytax?

Exclusive | White House Offers New Details on Its Push to Ban Housing Investors President Trump wants to prohibit investors that own more than 100 homes from buying more, potentially banning hundreds of investment firms.

This is a step in the right direction as are most #definacialization efforts. -Could be stronger and housing bill should include a #vacancytax

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Bill targets vacant and short‑term rental properties to free up housing, offers transfer‑tax exemption for low/mod buyers Representative Ellen Reed introduced HB 1707 to penalize residential properties that are vacant or short‑term rented for more than half the year (state supplemental tax equal to the municipal tax burden) and to grant a one‑time transfer‑tax exemption to low‑ and moderate‑income buyers; Reed said the goal is behavior change, while opponents raised questions about municipal implementation and exemptions.

New Hampshire's HB 1707 aims to tackle the housing crisis by incentivizing property owners to rent out vacant homes, but will it create more affordable options or complicate the market?

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#NH #VacancyTax #CitizenPortal #AffordableHousing #WorkforceHousing #NewHampshireHousing

A year after LA fires wiped out homes, people are still displaced & priced out of their neighborhoods by predatory developers and corporate landlords
EVERY poll shows California's top worries include housing affordability.
#ButchWare4Gov
#SocialHousing
#CommunityLandTrusts
#VacancyTax

Financialization is a scourge.
#VacancyTax now!

It also lifts middle class and poor. Two truths can exist at the same time. Affordable living and housing do not have to depend on someone inheriting his childhood 1000sqf shack. Everything other than decent basic living realestate can have #VacancyTax applied to it. Not a new concept.

Rental investor numbers fall for third time since records began, ATO data shows Thousands fewer investors declared rental income in 2022-23 than a year earlier — only the third time annual falls have occurred, according to Australian Tax Office data.

To fix housing and boost productivity, we need tax reform that puts use before speculation.

#auspol #housingcrisis #LandTax #TaxReform #VacancyTax #productivity

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European countries have a #VacancyTax. We should do the same.

Some people get it. Some people don’t #canmore #vacancytax #abpoli

Boulder considers tax targeting second homes for 2025 ballot - Boulder Weekly City council will discuss potential ballot items for the November 2025 election at its May 8 study session including a vacant home tax or fee

For more details on these proposals and to stay updated on the council's decisions, read the full article here:

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#HousingPolicy #VacancyTax
#AffordableHousing
#UrbanPlanning

These policies are rarely silver bullets but they’re part of the toolbox. And they’re gaining traction in high-cost cities where housing supply is limited but second homes sit dark.

#BoulderCO #VacancyTax #NeighborhoodVitality #HousingCrisis #CityPlanning

Vacancy tax (“empty homes tax”) on pause in San Francisco #vacancytax #emptyhomestax

Including #VacancyTax for empty residential realestate hoarded by the re firms and third or consequent unused “homes” would also be a smart move. Not a novel idea either. Hence i can purchase a castle in France or Italy for the price of our 1000 sqf in CA.

Also, buyer & sellers avoided the PTT by Holdco share purchase but Cdn Govt allows - major loophole & less taxes paid than ordinary owner-occupants who just want a home to live in full time #bcre #ItsSpeculationStupid #WhistlerBC #shellcos #foreignbuyers #vacancytax #cdnpoli

lfg!!!
fondly,
#vacancytax gnome 🥸