TIL: There are 27.4 Empty Homes for Each Homeless Person in the U.S - eviltoast
Report: There are 27.4 Empty Homes for Each Homeless Person in the U.S
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Look, let’s start with the absurd math. The U.S. Census Bureau says we’ve got about 17 million vacant houses sitting empty while roughly…
  • cuttlebughug@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Im not sure how it would be possible to directly outlaw speculation (pretty much anyone who buys a house would be suspect), but LVTs are a way to change the incentive structure of landowning to ensure it can’t occur at all, while also funding the government (or a UBI).