Re: Moving Home
Originally Posted by
spitfire
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Folks should be glad the property market is buoyant, Brick is the new Gold.
Isn't it so! People are saying dirt is more costly than diamonds these days.
Originally Posted by
summer
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I'm moving tomorrow....scary stuff
I better get a move on too instead of lazing around here.
Exciting! I hope all goes well!
Why! Because I think local people should be allowed to stay in the area they were born in & not be priced out of the market by up country people who have more money.
I am very sensitive to this very real concern, Tiffany.
The way to solve this is to freeze or provide homestead tax exemptions for locals/natives. The other is to tax second home purchases and use that money for affordable housing.
While we were living in Hawai'i, home prices soared so much that many native Hawai'ians were forced to live on the beaches in tents. That is still the case. I used to go out there in the afternoons to tutor my students. It was and is an unforgivable situation.