@AdrianRiskin@kolektiva.social
2023-10-04 02:35 UTC
@chargrille@progressives.social @scottsantens@hachyderm.io 21K vacant apartments vs 9K homeless. This is true in every city in the US.
https://denverite.com/2022/06/08/approximately-21134-apartments-sit-empty-in-denver-and-that-number-has-been-growing/
https://denverite.com/2023/07/24/metro-denver-point-in-time-count-homeless-count-2023/
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@Stoneycase@heads.social 2023-10-04 02:44
@AdrianRiskin@kolektiva.social @chargrille@progressives.social @scottsantens@hachyderm.io Could a massive “unoccupancy tax” help this? In lock step with a ban on STR’s in unoccupied residencies?
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@blogdiva@mastodon.social 2023-10-04 02:53
@AdrianRiskin@kolektiva.social @chargrille@progressives.social @scottsantens@hachyderm.io and that's why eminent domain is bullshit when it involves taking from the wealthy to give to the not so.
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@nathandh@hachyderm.io 2023-10-04 08:16
@AdrianRiskin@kolektiva.social @chargrille@progressives.social @scottsantens@hachyderm.io @blogdiva@mastodon.social I just learned Toronto implemented a very successful policy for this problem: a vacant home tax