• SoulWager@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    4 months ago

    So rent is several times more expensive than a mortgage on the same property. Now what?

    • boonhet@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      4 months ago

      Now you pay the ridiculous rent because blackstone just buys up entire neighborhoods already, might as well buy up entire towns.

      • SoulWager@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        edit-2
        4 months ago

        Why? You can force them to sell you a property and pay less on the mortgage than they pay on the same property on taxes.

        • boonhet@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          4 months ago

          Technically yes, but the problem is that they can afford to hold their investments in many small companies so they won’t even have to pay that much tax.

          Just adding government oversight for this idea is going to be a costly nightmare.

          • SoulWager@lemmy.ml
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            0
            ·
            edit-2
            4 months ago

            Maybe the value of real estate held by corporations is assigned proportionally to the shareholders? Maybe the tax rate is determined by whichever intermediate owner results in the highest rate.

            I don’t see why you can’t make it enforceable and effective with less complexity than the current tax system.