• HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee
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    29 days ago

    One thing I remember when I saw this discussed before is that it doesn’t take into account whether or not those vacant properties are inhabitable.

    • MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world
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      29 days ago

      Nor their location. It doesn’t help if a dying rural town has a hundred empty homes because nobody wants to move there.

      • Transient Punk
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        29 days ago

        And there’s no jobs there to afford continuing to live there