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dublinben  ·  3032 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Paris is tripling the tax on owners of vacant houses

Why not just relax laws against squatting and eminent domain? Those vacant houses will be occupied before you know it.





kleinbl00  ·  3032 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"with Syrian terrorists!" said Marine Le Pen.

blackbootz  ·  3032 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's a brilliant thought. Do you think these squatters laws should coexist with laws that tax the owners of these vacant properties?

dublinben  ·  3031 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think that both a Land Value Tax and a more tangible risk of squatting will compel more absentee landowners to put their property to productive uses.