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Rhode Island is considering a Vacant Home Tax bill as part of their 2025-26 budget deliberations
A link: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText25/HouseText25/H6189.pdf
Gianforte signs second-home tax
A link: https://montanafreepress.org/2025/05/16/gianforte-signs-second-home-tax
Toronto’s Vacant Home Tax trouble
Vacant home tax ‘fiasco’: Here’s what you need to know…
Response to Laura Menefee's April 11, 2024 letter to the Peninsula Pulse
Dear Laura,
Response to former Door County Administrator Mike Serpe's November 1, 2023 letter to the Peninsula Pulse
Dear Mike Serpe,
A city near Fishers Island is currently considering a Vacant Home Tax, but they call it the "luxury pied-à-terre surcharge" instead
The podcast for https://doorcountypulse.com/podcast-a-housing-trust-model-from-fishers-island/ discusses a housing trust on an island not far from New…
This past August, a call for a Vacant Home Tax less than an hour from Vail, Colorado
Francisco Tharp said that while Leadville and Lake County leaders are doing what they can to manage the growth, he hopes state lawmakers take action…
Response to Rodney A. Hedeen's September 27, 2023 letter to the Peninsula Pulse
Some of the problems facing Sister Bay are due to unintended consequences of the current system of taxation. A Vacant Home Tax would help to reduce…
A referendum for a one-time VHT would be a better option than County Administrator Ken Pabich's $50 million debt-share plan
Quoting from Emily Small's September 14, 2023 Door County Knock article, "County presents sober living options at budget planning workshop”:
Vacant Residential Property Tax in Victoria, Australia
Going through https://reiv.com.au/news/library/news-policy/vacant_residential_property_tax-fact-sheet.aspx, it seems that Victoria is not a good option…
Taxing second houses and pieds-a-terre, in addition to property tax
The September 6, 2023 letter by Jeni Tveten, “Locals Support Better Lives for Visitors…
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