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blackbootz  ·  2819 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Paris is tripling the tax on owners of vacant houses

    and people with the means to fix them being unable to buy and fix because the current resident won't leave.

These people have that opportunity right now. They just aren't taking advantage. Detroit currently has programs to sell houses for $1 if someone promises to move in and pay a pittance in taxes for a few years before reselling. Baltimore has done this in the past, its current iteration of the program being a "Vacants to Value" subsidy. They want for these people the means to fix them.