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by piffey 1037 days ago
Cities need to be enacting high tax rates on non-primary residences, luxury residences, and investment properties. If I remember right, Italy does this well with little to no tax on your primary residence, then if you choose to purchase a vacation home or a luxury property like a villa your tax rate soars. Going into the climate crisis this will enable cities to take those high property taxes on unnecessary housing and apply it to affordable public housing.