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Landlords should have to pay income tax on their rental properties regardless of whether they're rented out or not. (gothamist.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Why? Because apparently they need some more incentive to keep units occupied. Also, even though a property might be vacant, there's still imputed rental income there. Its owner is just receiving it in the form of enjoying the unit for himself instead of receiving an actual rent check from a tenant. That imputed rent ought to be taxed like any other income.

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[+] [email protected] -6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Pay income tax on income you aren't collecting?

I live in my house. The neighbor rents theirs. I have twice the square footage, and I maintain my house like it's mine, whereas they maintain theirs like it's a rental, which is to say my house is way fucking nicer... I don't have the paper thin wall paneling with the lines millef in it to look like shiplap, and the babyshit green pile carpet out of the fucking 70's, you know? That pileif shit rents for $1800/mo, and my mortgage is almost exactly $1k with homeowners, taxes, and warranty included. I don't know what the fuck I could get if I rented it, but what you're suggesting is that I should be obligated to pay income tax on what I might get??? Not the 1% property taxes, but like what? 30% or so?

How about fuck no? Do you own a house? Do you want to own a house? What you're suggesting could price anyone who makes less than a million dollars a year right the fuck out of the property ownership world... forever... That is a batshit crazy fucked up idea.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

It is possible to distinguish between home occupiers and renters, and were a law made like this some method of distinction would be needed.

The entire purpose of a law like this would be to force renters to keep their lots occupied or sell them if they cannot afford to do so. Either way, you either see a drop in rent costs from a market increase, or you see a drop in real estate costs as the market increases. And either way you do not have tens of thousands of vacant homes while homelessness is on the rise.

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