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Sorry I don't understand, "they divide up existing properties".

Also many Western cities have very high numbers of homes that are vacant. Seems like a tax on that behaviour would be hard to argue about?

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I thought the vacant homes were in the "thousands", let's say 10k, for a city like New York. Most of these are uninhabitable. I mean, it's sad and public and horrible, but it certainly isn't going to solve homelessness. They're a drop on a hot plate.

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