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2024–25 · Jamaica Plain

Higher tax on corporate purchases of single-family homes

Resident asks for a higher tax on corporations buying single-family homes, citing the housing crisis and outside investors hoarding housing.

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The idea

A higher tax for corporations buying single family homes

Who it helps and why

We are in a housing crisis and more people are leaving Boston as well as Mass. We cannot have outisde forces hoarding housing because it is destroying the city

Details

Cycle
2024–25
Submitted
August 12, 2024
Neighborhood
Jamaica Plain
Place
Mcbride Street, Jamaica Plain, 02130
Portal category
Community
How it was submitted
Individual submission
Submission language
English

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