• LesserAbe@lemmy.worldOP
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    7 months ago

    No downvotes here. If anything I feel like if you’re getting genie laws then the first one could be more ambitious.

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      7 months ago

      i live in something like a resort town. the property is impossibly expensive, and the rent is punitive. i don’t want the looky-loos feeling too compelled to stick around, but people who work here should be able to afford to live here. i wrote my real wish.

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        7 months ago

        Sure, you’re right people should be able to afford to live where they work. Why not something like, “all revenue from rental properties is taxed at 50% and put into a social housing development fund”?

        Your genie wishes your call, of course. Just that’s what I meant about more ambitious