jsudarskyvt

jsudarskyvt t1_iy911eo wrote

The students who don't pay the university for housing pay local landlords top dollar for the hundreds of rental properties near the university. The people that used to occupy these hundreds of rental properties because they were close to their jobs in Burlington cannot compete with wealthy college students and have to move to Plattsburgh or some other surrounding area and the people that used to live locally in Plattsburgh now how to move outwards becasue they can't compete with the ex-Burlington residents. The cycle continues rippling outwards from Burlington. UVM has tons of space and cash to put up a few additional housing developments for their students.

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jsudarskyvt t1_iy8mj66 wrote

But every company is not paid a fee by the worker to be able to go to the workplace and have the job. Your logic isn't present. There is no parallel between an employer providing housing and a university not providing it, Except that the university not providing the housing displaces the workers and makes the employer have to scramble. In many cases anyways employers do provide housing to their workers. But that is out of necessity so they can have workers. If there was housing available the employers would not need to provide it themselves.

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jsudarskyvt t1_iy5lmzd wrote

UVM is not a state school. It is a quasi -public school due to its agricultural school. But in all other regards it is private and has the money and land to provide housing for all its students. Without adequate housing for the student body extreme pressure is put on the surrounding areas and the ripple effects are felt outwards for many miles.

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jsudarskyvt t1_iy3zo2m wrote

UVM has over 10,000 students but only has housing for 3,000. That exerts big pressure on the Burlington housing market. It ripples outwards from Burlington to surrounding communities. Why shouldn't a private university be required to house all its students?

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jsudarskyvt t1_ixuds2g wrote

That is correct. You don't get the credit above and beyond what your tax liability is. Changing your withholding doesn't really do anything. You will owe in taxes the same amount EOY based on your earnings. Using the tax credit to get a refund on taxes you paid but did not owe in the first place won't get you additional funds.

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jsudarskyvt t1_ixq88pb wrote

Bought a new 2022 Leaf in March. I received $2500 credit at purchase from State of VT and $1500 credit at purchase from GMP. And next years tax return will get the $7500 Federal Tax Credit. So I got the Leaf for $11,500 less than MSRP.

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