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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 74 points 1 year ago (9 children)

They really should tax empty houses at 100%. You'll see how fast they will sell, and how low the price will go to achieve that.

[–] mayo@lemmy.today 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We do that in Vancouver and it's good. The fines are steep.

But it's opened a mini industry of people being paid to visit homes so they aren't 'empty'.

[–] Silentrizz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So it sounds like it helped the situation + created new jobs. Win-win

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