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by giantg2 1590 days ago
"but that they have no special additional capacity to raise prices in response to land taxes."

How so? If all landlords now have a significant new cost, why would they not raise rent to cover it?

This seems to say they cover 80-90% of tax increases through rent increases. And commercial properties should be more competitive.

https://mitcre.mit.edu/news/blog/can-landlords-really-pass-h...