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Permits to build, permits to remodel, taxes for simply existing year-over-year, taxes for having too few people living in the house... is there a limit to how f
by RichardCNormos 4y ago
Permits to build, permits to remodel, taxes for simply existing year-over-year, taxes for having too few people living in the house... is there a limit to how far government will go to control what people can and cannot do with their own property?
- klyrs 4y ago> is there a limit to how far government will go to control what people can and cannot do with their own property? The third amendment?
- ZoomerCretin 4y agoNo, unless you think an empty lot in downtown Manhattan should continue to go unused forever. Governments have a responsibility to ensure that land is used effectively.
- easytiger 4y agoWhy is that lot unused?
- easytiger 4y agoIt's an easy target from a moral point of view in the absence of principle. And look. More regulation = more cost = false scarcity. People never learn.
- easytiger 4y agoi note this comment was +5 before the post got upvoted. HELLO BLOB
- MontyCarloHall 4y ago>Permits to build, permits to remodel It won't be your property forever, and future tenants have a right to live in a place that was constructed safely. I'd rather not find out that the wiring of the house I bought was installed by an unlicensed amateur when it burns down the house. That house fire could also spread to your neighbors, so it's not just your property that's at stake. I agree that some permitting requirements can get out of hand; for example, some jurisdictions require a permit for repairs as simple as replacing a kitchen tap. But I'd rather the law be too stringent in this regard than too lenient, and it’s easy enough to flout the law for simple things like a kitchen tap.
- RichardCNormos 4y agoThis emotional rationale is what enabled the Boomer generation's near-complete regulatory capture of the real estate market.
- stjohnswarts 4y agoYou live in a society and not just a capitalist dystopia.