this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023
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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.

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[–] beteljuice@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

What's really fucked up is that selling a rental property doesn't incur the same tax penalties as selling a lived-in home. Should be the opposite. How ass-backwards can you get?

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Great idea if you want to make poor people more poor.

Why do y’all hate poor people so much? Is it like a racism thing or something?

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