It's not a matter of whether I like it. It's a question of why the bank, unless required to do so by some kind of absurd perverse regulatory incentive, would do something which is not only harming others but also increasing the default risk for the bank by reducing the income of a borrower who, if they can't make the payments, will cause the bank to have to write off millions of dollars by foreclosing on an underwater building.
You’re also assuming every vacancy has this pigeon holed financial setup. A LOT of commercial property is freehold.
I’m honestly at a bit of a loss that people feel they can tell others what to do with their property because it’s vacant. That’s not how society works, and it won’t change to that either.
if the society decides that they don't want properties to stay empty, then that's exactly how it works. and yes, it will change to that if people want it. german cities are already discussing options how to motivate owners to fill their properties through various incentives including legal ones.
When people are fulfilling their obligations and most other people are not happy with the outcome, that usually means the definition of "obligations" is wrong.
Not sure what you mean. The goal is a good society. Allowing certain individuals to keep certain things they currently have was never any part of my goal. (I can't speak for others in the thread of course.)
I picture the banks and the landlords would do better in the long term too if the shops were full.
This is not Bluesky leftist "let's take Jeff Bezos' yacht so we can all have 15 minutes of health insurance" but rather "let's have more businesses in this town that can put capital to work, create jobs, create wealth and the kind of consumer choice that Ralph Nader and Ludwig von Mises both agreed on."