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Landlords should have to pay income tax on their rental properties regardless of whether they're rented out or not. (gothamist.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/12162

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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Commodifying things makes them cheap? As opposed to decommodifying? That makes no sense

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What is an example of decommodifying?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Nationalized healthcare

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Making something unsuitable for investment so we preserve its primary function (houses being a home to a family and not an airbnb or an empty rental).