Councilmember Kaplan says Kalb & Guillen have joined as co-authors in support of a vacant property tax to pay for homeless services, affordable housing. #OakMtgpic.twitter.com/DEcJkxYkWr
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Also, hard to imagine there are very many low-income/low-wealth PoC landlords sitting on empty properties, right? You'd expect low-income landlords to be pretty focused on getting revenue
There are a lot of seniors for whom active property management is very burdensome.
This "Where They Move Matters" thread in 2015 between @rory_kramer and @surlyurbanist really changed my thinking on this subject on why mobility isn't the same as displacement.https://twitter.com/rory_kramer/status/632632920587407361 …
I agree there has to be a way to create a vacancy tax with suitable exemptions. But consider if "low-income" should be the only choice. In some families, one person's good fortune carries a lot of others' futures along. But, e.g., what about 2 years after an owner's death?
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