• Combat housing shortage with vacant home tax, Dutch politicians say

    A possible tax on vacant properties is generating interest among members of the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Parliament, where concern about the ongoing housing shortage in the Netherlands has been at a high level for years. Despite political efforts, stagnating construction remains an issue.

    • KHON2

    Mayor Kawakami confident vacation rental tax can help affordable housing

    LIHUE (KHON2) -- Three of Hawaii's county mayors delivered their state of the county addresses last week, including Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami. He joined Take2 Tuesday morning to talk about some of the major issues facing the Garden Isle and what he's working on for the rest of the year.

    • KTVZ

    The house of the future will be recyclable: Introducing the first affordable, bio-based 3D-printed house

    Reasons to Be Cheerful takes a closer look behind an enormous 3D printer turning natural materials into sustainable, carbon-sequestering homes.

  • The lock-in effect has cost the housing market 1.3 million home sales and affected home prices, finds FHFA research

    Want more stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the free, daily ResiClub newsletter. This week, researchers at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) published a 52-page working paper titled, The Lock-In Effect of Rising Mortgage Rates. The FHFA researchers’ analysis reveals that the lock-in effect—where homeowners with lower mortgage rates are unwilling to sell and purchase another home at significantly higher mortgage rates—has resulted in 1.3 million...

  • How about tax deductions for your home loan interest?

    Imagine if you could claim the interest you pay on your mortgage as a tax deduction. While you can’t in…What to read next: Home baked sovereign risk | The Tasmanian state election and the curious story of the ‘liberty tax’ | Woke tropes informing Australia’s Gaza response | Our spy laws are out of date (again)

  • House passes 2-rate income tax package

    Update: Senators derail House tax bill Wednesday, making room for potential negotiations. Click here, for latest update. TOPEKA (KSNT)- The Kansas House has passed a bill that would effectively set the state income tax to a two-rate system. The House voted 123-0 to unanimously pass House Substitute Bill for SB 300 on Wednesday, forwarding it []

  • The House GOP can't even go on vacation without fighting

    It wasn’t pretty—particularly on the House side—but Congress got the government funded, but the bruising battle to do that doesn’t end beleaguered House Speaker Mike Johnson’s headaches. In fact, it could put him in an even tougher position with his fractious caucus when they return from their two-week recess, on April 9. Hanging over him are his party’s very slim majority and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s threat to oust him if he brings a Ukraine aid bill to the floor for a vote. Colorado GOP...

  • ATR Applauds Anti-Carbon Tax Vote in the House

    The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a resolution condemning carbon taxes, the first such vote since 2018. Americans for Tax Reform released a Key Vote Alert in favor of the resolution ahead of the vote. The House approved H. Con. Res. 86, “Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental […]

  • With vacations on the line, House finally manages to fund the government

    The House passed the government funding package for the remainder of this fiscal year Friday, 286-134. Once again, Speaker Mike Johnson had to put the bill on the floor under suspension of the rules, and once again, Democrats had to make up the margin to pass it. And they get to do it all again in six months. Here’s how tight the margin for Johnson was: How tight are House Republicans’ margins on the minibus? One House Republican tells me they went home mid-week for a family emergency – but...

  • Cornwall housing crisis as 'one in every 14 homes' not lived in

    Action on Empty Homes says there are currently over 20,000 empty properties in Cornwall and the Duchy is 'being left behind by a lack of action'

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    This Italian town is struggling to sell off its empty homes for one euro. Here's why

    Italy’s one-euro-home sales have attracted interest in recent few years, but towns like Patrica, located south of Rome, have struggled to offload their empty homes.

  • Home Sellers Disappointed by Biden's $10,000 Tax Credit

    Homeowners like MacKenzie Kipp who capitalized on historically low mortgage rates during the pandemic would stand to lose a substantial amount of money under President Joe Biden's proposed $10,000 tax credit for selling their starter homes.In an effort to ease the housing market's tight inventory and support homeowners looking to upgrade, Biden announced a proposal on Thursday aimed at incentivizing the sale of starter homes."For homeowners looking for a new place but worried about giving up...