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> but your grandmother could use the equity established in her property, and move to somewhere where the costs of living are within her means.

Isn't keeping people in the city the whole reason you want to raise property taxes in the first place? Reduce the incentive of people to hold empty condos, so people can live in the city. So asking her to leave is the opposite goal to raising the real estate taxes.




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