>YOUR prerogative ends somewhere
Yes - and YOUR prerogative ends at demanding I rent-out property I OWN
If someone wants to own 50 houses and leave them empty, more power to them
Yes - and YOUR prerogative ends at demanding I rent-out property I OWN
If someone wants to own 50 houses and leave them empty, more power to them
Also known as passing laws to impose a penalty on unwanted behavior. Just as GP mentioned - vacancy tax.
That's how the country works. It all depends on who has more people in agreement, and can make more of a rallying cry (and has moneyed interests on their side).
(I'm also in favor of land value tax as opposed to property tax to encourage productive use of land. And severely relaxing zoning restrictions)
while that's true in this case of vacancy laws, it is not a universally applicable rule to be followed blindly.
Just because a large number of people agreed with a certain set of actions, doesn't mean those set of actions are good to undertake for society. Look at how venezuela got to the place they did, via democratic elections. The a majority of the people wanted the gov't handouts, and wanted nationalization of private property by force.
Obviously you think that what I own is actually yours
At least we all know where you stand now
So yes, I think we know where we stand now, except that it's not where you think it is.