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snoodog · 2896 days ago · link · · parent · post: Paris is tripling the tax on owners of vacant houses
In my highly sleep deprived state this morning it occurred to me that one reason such programs are not super effective is because there is not enough initial momentum. I won't want to put effort into a blighted house if it was the only house being remodeled on the block but if I knew that the entire block was sold to people doing the same thing that would be a big difference. The city should run the sales like a kick starter where everyone needs to put 10-20k into a remodel account but the transaction doesn't occur till all the houses on the block are sold. Additionally the permits need to be streamlined to only the bare essentials, if that means going back to 1970-1980 building code then so be it. 80s construction was safe enough