Landlords should have to pay income tax on their rental properties regardless of whether they're rented out or not. ( gothamist.com )

usernamesaredifficul , 10 months ago

landlords should be forced to pay a house tax on every house they don’t live in to the value of one house

barrbaric , 10 months ago

Whoa now, let’s not be unreasonable. They can be taxed at a geometric rate, starting at 100% the value of the house and doubling for every one thereafter.

JAC , 10 months ago

Property taxes do generally work this way. Maybe they should increase property taxes 2-3x, but also raise the homestead exemption so that owning and living in the home is no more expensive.

usernamesaredifficul , 10 months ago

yeah I wasn’t being serious any actual solution is going to need to be more nuanced than that. Probably involving state provided housing and likely involving high density accomodation. Although it’s a real shame that high density accomodation is archtecturally associated with shoddily built housing intended for people the government doesn’t give a fuck about because palaces and castles are also examples of high density accomodation.

I think the ideal solution would look like high density state provided housing that is designed to be beautiful and pleasant to live in.