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.
So…who should own the land instead?
The occupant should own the land. Absentee landlordism shouldn’t be a thing.
Ah, well OP said “landowners” in general
Well your name has “soviet” in it, so maybe look at the place landowners had in various “soviet” nation states.
So…the government should own all land?