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To me Tommy Waters is dumb
« on: October 03, 2024, 11:00:01 PM »
https://www.khon2.com/local-news/could-a-vacant-home-tax-end-the-housing-crisis/

“To me, we’re in a housing crisis. We can’t build our way out of this,” City Council Chair Tommy Waters said.

So he’s thinking out of the box, pushing for a supplemental vacant house tax on Oahu.

“The idea is to incentivize these owners of these vacant homes to either rent out their home to a local family or sell it to a local family, one or the other,” Waters explained.

That means, in addition to paying Hawaii real property taxes annually, anyone with a home that is vacant six months out of the year, would have to pay taxes on 1% of its assessed value the first year, 2% the next year and 3% after that.
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changemyoil66

Re: To me Tommy Waters is dumb
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2024, 08:06:50 AM »
He also supported the sensitive places ordinance.
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Flapp_Jackson

Re: To me Tommy Waters is dumb
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2024, 12:12:57 PM »
This is stupid.  Anyone with a vacant vacation home would just take a week once or twice a year to be in the home or rent it as a B&B. 

The government should not be adding a tax onto someone's property that targets vacant homes.

I can't wait for a military member who's deployed for over 6 months to sue the state.

Then there's the deceased owner whose home goes into probate.  It can take years sometimes for an estate to  be settled.  If there's no other relative in HI to occupy the home, then it could easily be vacant for over 6 months.

Of course, when the taxes go unpaid, the state will swoop in and take it from the owner.

I hate this state's government.
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