Publishing a video on development fees tomorrow, what title should I go with?
A. The Housing Tax Crisis
B. The Housing Tax Dilemma
C. The Hidden Costs of New Housing
D. Why is Housing Taxed So Much?
A. The Housing Tax Crisis
B. The Housing Tax Dilemma
C. The Hidden Costs of New Housing
D. Why is Housing Taxed So Much?
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Denser housing creates a higher tax assessed value per acre, which funds infastructure.
Combine that with diverse transit and you have a recipe for a financially solvent city
Let me give you a recent example from Victoria.
A multiunit building, during excavation, did
The DCCs paid for the repairs of those damaged public assets.
Why would someone who lives 3kms away pay those costs?
If you believe they should, then you must extend that logic to street parking
What I’m asking for is consistency of worldview — either one thinks users pay the fees they incur or they believe those fees should fall to all taxpayers. Can’t have it both ways.
E. Private vehicle storage on public land at below market land rents is a govt giveaway of valuable public land to private vehicle owners.
Not a very catchy title tho
If development fees are effective, why does everything keep getting worse?
The sidewalks are broken, the streets are full of potholes, and traffic is worse than ever. Taxes on new housing are inequitable... but do they even work?
then the asterisk is in the thumbnail "* your new neighbours have to pay for it all"