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Comment by mabbo

You can't just demand more housing. You have to make people want it. This is why I'm strongly in favor of taxing land by area.

A ten story condo with 100 units takes up as much land as 8 houses with yards. By reducing everyone's taxes then making up the difference via a land tax, you effectively lower the taxes on people using high density land use homes. You make it a more desirable lifestyle.

Demand from voters leads to changes in law.

parent mabbo 7 years ago

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