Karl Deeter: Want to hear the conversation we won’t have?
I hate taxes – like everyone else – but taxing land is essential to ending the housing crisis
While we are busily being bought and sold for our votes, you’ll find that every party has a view on the ‘crisis’ of housing. Brendan Howlin recently said on a televised debate that “we hadn’t the resources in the teeth of the crisis” when talking about creating affordable housing.
This was a surprise as, along with every other industry professional, I assumed we were awash with cheap land, excess labour and an abundance ...
