More than 13K rent-stabilized units in NYC are sitting empty for multiple years, report finds
gothamist.com
A city Independent Budget Office report examines vacancy data from the state’s housing agency amid concerns of "warehousing."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/12162

Why? Because apparently they need some more incentive to keep units occupied. Also, even though a property might be vacant, there's still imputed rental income there. Its owner is just receiving it in the form of enjoying the unit for himself instead of receiving an actual rent check from a tenant. That imputed rent ought to be taxed like any other income.

    • Zuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      It's taxed upon selling, for the value of the house, which would tax exactly what you're talking about.

      Trying to act like I'm not understanding makes you sound "childish" my dude. Grow tf up and READ. INCOME TAX ON ZERO DOLLARS IS ZERO DOLLARS

      Edit: This dude's banner is a 9/11 photo. Nice.. I'm arguing with a literal troglodyte over the semantics of a dumb article title.

        • Zuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          1 year ago

          You are 100% part of the problem for hexbear's negative view from outsiders.

          Tax the rich's 0$ monthly rents! That'll show um.

            • QuietCupcake [any, they/them]
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              1 year ago

              I think you're barking up the wrong tree, comrade. I think u/Zuberi really is anti-landlord and hasn't said anything to suggest otherwise. And their comment about hexbear's reputation on other instances wasn't anything having to do with the OP, it was about how you were insulting them.

                • QuietCupcake [any, they/them]
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                  1 year ago

                  Weird, maybe, but the argument wasn't an ideological one from what I can tell, it was one about the wording not making sense that I honestly didn't understand either. I admit to being stupid about economic things, but I didn't know that "nominal income" meant something different than just income. shrug-outta-hecks

                  Like, you're going off with "You're typical of the "HEXBEAR IS RUINING THE LEMMYVERSE" chud" when glancing at their history, it doesn't look like they're a chud at all and were actually defending Hexbear when lemmy.world did the preemptive defederation shit.

                • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]
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                  1 year ago

                  For real, nat—take a chill pill. I say this with all the good faith love I share with all my comrades. Somebody being a pedant doesn't automatically make them a chud. @Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com reads like a fellow traveler still working out their brainworms. Cut them a little slack.

                  • Zuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                    1 year ago

                    Hear me out, FUCK landlords. But I shouldn't have to say that to get respect out of the leftist crowd.

                    In the event we're keeping capitalism here, an empty-home tax would make more sense than an income tax on empty homes. But that would still NOT be an "income" tax. Just let me be pedantic and shit on an article title without throwing me in w/ the lemmy.world crowd :(

          • AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            Any outsider observing this interaction and taking your side is an idiot. You behaved like a petulant child, repeating your one point no matter how many times the actual situation was explained to you. And then getting up on your soapbox acting haughty when someone with more patience for you than you deserved gives up. Reddit tier troll.

          • Flaps [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            Idk my guy the other poster explains it pretty well, at this point it just looks like you're refusing to learn