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submitted 10 months ago by mooniyaw@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

No reason not to do this across the board

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[-] pbjamm@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I bring this up because California implemented Prop13 in 1978 to address similar issues and it had mixed results.

I agree with the idea of taxing secondary properties at a higher rate. But that could also have the unintended consequence of driving up rents and landlords look to recoup that money.

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