Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 13 days agoMamdani Threatens 9.5% Property Tax Increase if Wealth Tax Is Not Passedwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoBetter pass a rent freeze first or that property tax increase will just get passed on to the people who can afford it least.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoRent freezes make landlords only do the bare minimum maintenance required by the law since they can’t increase rents when doing any remodelling.
minus-squarechloroken@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoLmao how many properties do you own?
minus-squarechloroken@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoSo you do the bidding of a class you don’t belong to? How fucking sad is that.
minus-squareSharkticon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoHoney landlords already do the bare minimum.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoOnly in rent-controlled markets. In other markets they remodel to jack up the prices, but you would complain about that too
minus-squareSharkticon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoAnyone with a brainstem would complain about that i think. Though I don’t grant your premise in the absolute least.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoSo if landlords put more money into renovation it’s bad, if they don’t it’s also bad
Better pass a rent freeze first or that property tax increase will just get passed on to the people who can afford it least.
Rent freezes make landlords only do the bare minimum maintenance required by the law since they can’t increase rents when doing any remodelling.
Lmao how many properties do you own?
Exactly 0
So you do the bidding of a class you don’t belong to? How fucking sad is that.
Honey landlords already do the bare minimum.
Only in rent-controlled markets. In other markets they remodel to jack up the prices, but you would complain about that too
Anyone with a brainstem would complain about that i think. Though I don’t grant your premise in the absolute least.
So if landlords put more money into renovation it’s bad, if they don’t it’s also bad