In an attempt to deal with an affordable housing crisis, the Dutch housing minister recently proposed a law that would have allowed municipalities to force some property owners to sell their homes only to low and middle-income earners. The problem the policy is trying to fix is one that’s particularly acute in Canada.

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    1 year ago

    Add a yearly tax that is tied to (federal reserve interest * house value) for anything other than primary residence and since people are corporations they would also be affected.

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      1 year ago

      People aren’t corporations. In the US, corporations are considered ‘people’ for legal purposes. Anyway, making it illegal for corporations to buy investment houses would be great.