• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    8 months ago

    Double property taxes on owners, but give back a property tax credit on owner-occupants, so that the effective tax rate on owner occupants falls, and the only people paying the doubled tax rate are investors.

    Statutorily increase the tax rate and credit when owner occupancy is below 80%, and reduce the tax rate and credit when owner occupancy rises above 90%.

    • booty [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      nah, just exterminate landlords. more efficient, more ethical

      • Milksteaks [he/him]@midwest.social
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        8 months ago

        Based take. You kill parasites (ticks leeches lice) not try to manage them or give them rules that they wont follow anyway. I got downvoted in a different community with the same post by a bunch of landlord bootlickers by describing what a fuckin drain landlords are on society

    • Lurker123 [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      Won’t landlords simply pass through this increased cost to tenants?

      • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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        edit-2
        8 months ago

        Yes, offsite landlords with traditional rental agreements will charge their tenants more. However, there are at least three options that are better for tenants and landlords alike.

        1. Land Contract. A rent-to-own agreement, recorded with the county, much like a deed.

        2. Private mortgage. Available only to individual landlords, not institutional investors.

        3. Condominium. Deeded property on the inside, rental on the outside.

        In all three, the tenant gains equity in the property over time. In all three, the terms are established at the time of the agreement, and the agreement is "permanent" in that it can only be canceled by the "tenant". The "landlord" can't arbitrarily increase the price year after year. All three offer considerably better return for the landlord after the property tax increase. The landlord and tenant convert their rental agreement to one of these options, and there is much rejoicing.

        The only traditional rental arrangement that is likely to remain widespread is where the landlord occupies one unit in a duplex, triplex, or quadplex structure. That landlord can claim the owner occupant credit for the whole property while renting out the additional units.