There are lots and lots of empty Housing from Tokyo, HK and Sydney and Vancouver, most belongs to Chinese investors. We have empty housing sitting here, acting as a way to park money and yet we have so many suffer from housing price inflation.<p>If we Tax of empty housing for prolong period of time, like 6 months, which should force the owner to rent out its place, balancing some of the supply and demand issue.<p>IT DOES NOT solve the housing issues. Far from it, but it is one fair way to get more money to government and stop the price hiking so much.