More than 13K rent-stabilized units in NYC are sitting empty for multiple years, report finds
gothamist.com
A city Independent Budget Office report examines vacancy data from the state’s housing agency amid concerns of "warehousing."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/12162

Why? Because apparently they need some more incentive to keep units occupied. Also, even though a property might be vacant, there’s still imputed rental income there. Its owner is just receiving it in the form of enjoying the unit for himself instead of receiving an actual rent check from a tenant. That imputed rent ought to be taxed like any other income.

    • Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Like what?

      Anything not needed for human survival.

      There are infinite ways to make money with land that are more useless and exploitative to society than renting a house.

      This is just a whataboutism fallacy.

      What’s so morally reprehensible about someone working hard and being fiscally responsible to provide a service that people actually need

      Landlords do no more to provide housing than ticket scalpers do to provide concert tickets.

      Landlords don’t work hard. Owning is not a job that provides for society.

      Do you realize someone has to actually build/maintain/renovate houses?

      I sure am aware. And I’m always aware that the people who do those things aren’t landlords. They’re construction workers and maintenance workers.

      The primary reason most houses exist is because someone took a personal risk in the hopes of coming out ahead from where they were originally.

      The landlords take no such risk because the demand for housing is so high that any vacancies can be filled as quick as they like.

      They can only charge what the market will bear after all.

      Funny how “what the market can bare” equates to entire generations being priced out of owning a home.

        • Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.websiteEnglish
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          1 year ago

          to buy with excess capital they no longer have.

          That’s not true because housing is not the only form of wealth.

          I could profitably buy a plot of land and use it to store pig feces which happens in North Carolina.

          And did I say I approve of that? No. That’s why it is a whataboutism fallacy. The topic is housing. Pointing out other horrible ways to use land doesn’t change the fact that the current housing situation is bullshit.

          They aren’t selling something the person could otherwise afford or even want to buy.

          More people could afford to own their house if not for landlords hoarding the supply.

          I know contractors that built houses and eventually built one and rented it out for additional income.

          Those cases are rare.

          https://ipropertymanagement.com/research/landlord-statistics

          You’ve never had to clean up a house destroyed by drug addicts. Believe me they can do a ton of damage. There’s plenty of risk. No one in this thread understands that though.

          This is again a rare case.

          I wonder if the macroeconomic factors could play into that? You know? Stagnating wages, a falling dollar, endless wars, cronyism, endless immigration, enriching Blackrock during the 2008 bank crisis so that it can single handedly buy more single-family homes than any other entity in American history. Nope it’s Jim from work that rents a condo.

          It’s all of the above. Landlords are a part of the problem, and I never once said they are the sole problem.

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 year ago

      They can only charge what the market will bear after all.

      When what you’re selling is a limited resource necessary for survival, “what the market will bear” easily becomes “all the money you make”. Otherwise you end up homeless and won’t be making any money.