Vancouver plans to tax empty properties 1% of their assessed value
This is great (although it&#x27;s not enough) and more cities should do it. It&#x27;s an effective use of public policy and a powerful statement and I&#x27;m thrilled to see it.<p>This is the good kind of nationalism, the kind where people band together to defeat the global elite and the upper class&#x2F;0.1% instead of letting them divide-and-conquer us (Red States vs. Blue, white vs. black, immigrant vs. native, Boomers vs. Millennials).<p>I wish that our recent display of nationalism in the US had not been one of the disgusting kind.