Yes, this City needs stronger rental housing vacancy fees and much stronger commercial rental vacancy fees. It is obviously not a hit to these developers and landlords to allow buildings to stand empty and create nuisances - make it expensive enough and maybe something changes.
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Commentary: Minneapolis needs a stronger rental housing vacancy fee • Minnesota Reformer
A vacancy fee can begin to repair a usurious housing system that punishes average renter families, saps homeowners of nearby property values, and keeps city government chronically three steps behind a...
