Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly

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The Stop Wall Street Landlords Act has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Ro Khanna. The bill would raise taxes on the purchase of single family homes by private equity and corporations. (www.notus.org)

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[–] RunawayFixer 6 points 1 month ago

Many countries have this problem, not just the us. There's a few places where they are trying a vacant home tax, like France and Vancouver.

One good thing that France does, is only apply the tax in towns where there is a actual housing shortage, otherwise it would probably end with people tearing down empty homes to not have to pay taxes on them.