FenrirIII to politics • 2 months agoThe Stop Wall Street Landlords Act has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Ro Khanna. The bill would raise taxes on the purchase of single family homes by private equity and corporations.www.notus.orgexternal-linkmessage-square59arrow-up1684arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: housing_bubble_2
arrow-up1682arrow-down1external-linkThe Stop Wall Street Landlords Act has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Ro Khanna. The bill would raise taxes on the purchase of single family homes by private equity and corporations.www.notus.orgFenrirIII to politics • 2 months agomessage-square59file-textcross-posted to: housing_bubble_2
minus-square@finitebanjolink2•edit-22 months agoFinancing. The shell-owners would get paid to be a shell, and the properties would get financed under their names, thus circumventing the law. Because what I described above could be considered tax evasion, that is why it becomes another new problem when dealing with foreign investors. The US Government sells seized real estate dirt cheap, but that negatively impacts the shell owners who could fight it in court.
Financing.
The shell-owners would get paid to be a shell, and the properties would get financed under their names, thus circumventing the law.
Because what I described above could be considered tax evasion, that is why it becomes another new problem when dealing with foreign investors.
The US Government sells seized real estate dirt cheap, but that negatively impacts the shell owners who could fight it in court.