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[-] Grappling7155@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago

Cities don’t tax only based on the potential for what land could be doing, but instead include taxes on improvements to the land as well. As a result, there’s incentive to sprawl rather than pressure to densify.

[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Hmmm so you're saying we need height and depth tax incentives?

[-] Grappling7155@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Yes that’s part of it. Another part is encouraging more permissive, inclusive, mixed use zoning to better reflect the potential optimal use of the land, and switching from property taxes to land value taxes to apply pressure to reach that ideal.

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