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My first instinct is "yes" but then I thought about it and I think it's just going to exacerbate the short-stay problem unless combined with other measures.

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[–] TheHolm@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (9 children)

We just should stop shovelling people into cities. Lots of people can work remotely and one who can't will follow one who can. Just tax companies for having office unless they do production. Yeh, yes it will crash prices in CBD, so not going to happen.

[–] Tavarin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We tried that in Canada, housing in small towns just shot up to super expensive as well, and it's now just expensive everywhere.

[–] TheHolm@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago

In this case only answer is more houses. And lowering building code, so building for new house does not mean you have to pay mortgage for next 25 years.

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