• Flying Squid
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    910 months ago

    The chances that person has bedbugs is non-zero. The chances they haven’t showered are also not exactly low. Putting them in a showroom bed could ruin it.

    I really want a solution to house people because it’s an untenable situation, but ‘let them sleep in a bed showroom’ is not a good solution.

    • @AngryCommieKender
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      110 months ago

      100% property taxes on all properties that have sat empty for more than X% of the time the property has existed

      • Flying Squid
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        310 months ago

        The problem there is that sometimes ownership of a property is either lost or unclear. The woman across the street from us died. Her house has sat empty for years. No one seems to have claimed ownership of it. I doubt anyone is paying property taxes on it because whoever does own it doesn’t seem to be aware of it.

        • @AngryCommieKender
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          10 months ago

          Oh I realize that proposal is unreasonable and unrealistic. I’m just sick and tired of the people who are trying to make things better for others being the only ones that are supposed to compromise and “be reasonable.” The opposition has chosen violence and intransigency.

          Far as that woman’s house is concerned, sounds like a good place to put a homeless squatter, who can then gain lawful ownership since no one else wants the place

      • Flying Squid
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        210 months ago

        Yes. There’s nothing more capitalist than wanting to house the unhoused.