If you pay 1% for one house, someone with 2 houses should pay 2%, and a company with 2000 homes should pay 2000%

That would make it increasingly difficult for mega companies to buy up everything and torture the housing market

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    19 hours ago

    no. “cant really live in” means “needs work to go from 3 seasons to 4.” and then be sold to someone who needs a home.

    otherwise it’s a campsite not a “2nd home.”

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      18 hours ago

      I assume they didn’t mean seasonal as in “can only be used in certain seasons”, rather that you occupy it for vacation or summer or whatever. Not sure if you are from a non-mountany or very populated country, but where I come from, mountain “hüttes” are a thing and do not contribute to the housing crisis - or at least not in the usual way I can think of. Some people choose to live in those areas, I am very envious of their courage and peace :) But 99% do not make this choice, just use it for winter/summer long get-aways.

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        16 hours ago

        again - a huttie or small camp site type thing is not a second home that im talking about. i would not consider that a 2nd home.

        a place on the mountains in a vacation town on a culdesac with a hoa that you visit for a month each year is what im talking about. far far diff.