Governments should tax vacant homes to encourage renting or selling

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Capital gains should face the same tax rates as work income

Large inheritances should be taxed more heavily than earned income

Countries should tax large fortunes annually, not only on sale or inheritance

Cities should abolish single-family-only zoning

Religious organizations should receive no tax exemptions denied to secular organizations

Public arts funding should disregard whether the work offends taxpayers

Cities should cap short-term holiday rentals to protect residential neighborhoods

Public housing should serve middle-income as well as low-income households

Land value should be taxed more heavily than buildings and improvements

Failing large banks should enter bankruptcy rather than receive taxpayer bailouts

Housing should be a fundamental human right

Blocking taxpayer-funded presidential advertisements without proving electoral intent exceeds federal judicial authority

Governments should protect opportunities for young people, not existing property values

Family wealth matters more than hard work in getting onto the housing ladder

Rising house prices make society poorer even when homeowners feel richer

Housing should be treated as a place to live before it is treated as an investment

National voter ID requirements would particularly affect vulnerable populations such as homeless people

Billionaire philanthropy is a substitute for paying fair taxes

Inheritance should be heavily taxed

Wealth taxes should only be implemented at the national level rather than by individual states