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Introducing speculator taxes and then making it more attractive to be a speculator (landlord) just means that speculators pass the speculator taxes on to renters.

Letting people get rich off holding people's basic needs for ransom is never going to be part of the solution to homelessness.




A tax on empty properties can't be passed onto renters.


It is when its passed onto their landlord when a new landlord buys it to rent it out.


No, its not. And if you think about the effect of the tax on supply and demand you’ll see why pretty quickly, I would think.




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