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.

        • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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          1 year ago

          Yes, Socialism has home ownership.

          The only thing that is state affiliated more than in Capitalism is the mean of production (businesses) being owned by the state. Everything else is still owned by individuals.

          You are thinking of Communism.

      • ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 year ago

        In the west all of your children have the freedom to grow up as homeless crack heads living in tent cities, how inspiring.

          • ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml
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            1 year ago

            now compare the amount of homeless people in both, also you linked the same article twice

            btw now you have edited your article remind me, is russia a socilaist country or a neo-liberal one, like the USA?

            you have linked me info of Russian from 2010-present, in what way am I remotely suggesting a capitalist, neo-liberal country is what im adovcating for?

              • bagend
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                1 year ago

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

                    I think it's pretty hilarious that you assume everybody opposed to capitalism is Russian, and use that as a counter-example for why "communism" is failing today.

                    Did history stop for you in 1991 or something? The neoliberals won; Russia has been a hyper-capitalist abomination living in the corpse of the USSR for over three decades now. Why would we care that Russia sucks? Everybody knows it sucks now.

                  • keepcarrot [she/her]
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                    1 year ago

                    I've read and re-read this thread... Do you think Russia is currently communist? Like... Putin is a communist, the United Russia Party is communist etc etc. Is this actually your belief?

      • panopticon [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        them up and force them to fight for our Moscovi overlords that are just a itsy-bitsy more equal than the rest of u

        Nice whataboutism you tankie! Centrist liberal tankie!!!

        Western countries already provide resources for our less fortunate friends and neighbors

        Lol. Lmao even

        • ATQ@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          It’s true. That’s why our homelessness incidence are less than 10% of yours. Maybe that’s why you’re trying to drive yours down by conscripting your homeless and forcing them into “former glory” wars?