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Income tax when you aren't receiving an income is a weird idea.
It sounds like the author wants a land tax, but hasn't ever heard the term.
Owning a house that you don't inhabit is weirder.
So renting a house for your vacation is also weird?
It's certainly wasteful. If people are going without any proper shelter, then having extra, mostly vacant housing to yourself should be discouraged.
This right here. The US averages some thirty unoccupied houses for every homeless person. A lot of those are just owned by investment firms who will sit on them because housing is treated as an investment first and a human need second. It's not a supply problem, it's a fucking greed problem.