Why? Because apparently they need some more incentive to keep units occupied. Also, even though a property might be vacant, there’s still imputed rental income there. Its owner is just receiving it in the form of enjoying the unit for himself instead of receiving an actual rent check from a tenant. That imputed rent ought to be taxed like any other income.

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    The point I’m trying to make is that if renting the property out is a net loss and whoever owns it is required to rent it out, there’s almost no reason for a person who intends to comply with the law to want to own the property. Forget selling - why would anyone even take it for free if it was just a permanent money sink?

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      The idea is that properties beyond the first get taxed more heavily. So if you’re going to buy an investment property, you better damn well make it attractive to rent.

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      Forget selling - why would anyone even take it for free if it was just a permanent money sink

      Because it’s a place to live in without having rent being arbitrarily dictated by some random dude. It’s instead a tax you pay based on who you vote for.

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      …why would anyone even take it for free…?

      So they could live in it. Why does it have to be a money sink for the new owners if they get it for a good price (or even for free)?

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      Perhaps landowning as an “investment” is a shit idea, and that propety should be owned by HUD, or whatever regional equivalent.