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Create a race to the bottom in the rental market
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I can’t agree with a rebate for charging above average. Why should our tax money go towards giving them more money for ripping us off.
I’d possibly tolerate a rebate for below average, but I wouldn’t support it.
So, a common suggestion I've seen (and even made) in the past is to put a levy on un-occupied homes. But one problem with this is enforcement: how do you tell it's unoccupied?
Well, OP here has the solution. Flip the burden of proof around. Charge everyone, but if you can demonstrate that you have a tenant, you get that charge waived.
Then, OP adds further nuance to it. Instead of being a binary "rented/unoccupied", there are tiers. Start with unoccupied at maximum tax. Down to minimum (potentially zero or even negative tax) for below-market rent. It's just all described in terms of starting with an automatic levy of a certain amount, with rebates on that levy to get you to the desired rate.
Hm. And if you link the basic levy to the cash rate...
Because renting it out for a lot is better than tying up the market; at least it'll soak up some rich idiot.
Also it's not our money - it's coming off the new tax.