• AbsentBird
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    6 days ago

    No, like market rate for the property. Everyone pays property tax, regardless of whether the property is vacant or occupied.

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      5 days ago

      My dad inherited my grandma’s ancient house recently and is practically forced to find a way to remodel it to be rentable because there is a imputed rental value tax where I’m from.

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        5 days ago

        What’s the alternative, just leave it empty?

        I would think it could also be acceptable to transfer ownership to a relative who doesn’t already own a home. It just seems like a waste to have a house with nobody living in it while so many people are unhoused.

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          5 days ago

          I guess he could sell it but then its pretty likely that it’s brought by a property developer, as we can’t afford to buy it off him. As it stands, the house isn’t really suitable to live in