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big scary rocks save lives
@jtd.bsky.social

Next frontier for yimby, yes. And credit Strong Towns, I think they’ve started some work on this.

big scary rocks save lives@jtd.bsky.social

address discrimination in property tax assessment, relative under-assessment of high end property generally and the inverse in assessment as collateral encourage weighting of land over improvements …have to get back to you on the policy levers

Stephen Jacob Smith
@stephenjacobsmith.com

It’s a massive drag on new development, since we can build new condos but we can’t build new houses. And it makes me wince whenever somebody from another city says NYC’s property tax break for inclusionary housing means IZ here is “funded” – they’re giving you a “break” from an very high base rate!