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SaveFailsafe t1_iw5l8bo wrote

One need only look into who owns the most vacants to discover why the city won't entertain a vacancy tax.

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fredblockburn t1_iw6tkg4 wrote

Who’s that?

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SaveFailsafe t1_iw75mwc wrote

The city government itself owns roughly 10% of the vacants. The rest are privately owned, but behind all the various LLCs are a few big money institutions squatting on property for speculative reasons. Institutions with lobbying power. Like Hopkins.

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