Housing academics say better use could be made of the estimated 100,000 to 150,000 Australian homes that have been left abandoned or empty.
Sometimes it's a homestead that's fallen victim to the ravages of time, or a quaint cottage overcome by weeds with some itinerant sheep its only tenant.
But Dr Tiwari said it was in already built-up areas with greater access to employment, like greater Melbourne, where the best gains could be made "I'm in regional Victoria and I've certainly noticed in our local main town a number of blocks that have been empty for a really long time are all of a sudden being built upon," Ms Fahey said.Victoria's existing vacancy tax was introduced in 2018 but only applied to properties in 16 Melbourne councils.The idea of an Australia-wide taxation on empty homes and land to return properties to the market has its supporters.
It essentially comes down to a form of care or squatting that leads to ownership — known as adverse possession — or buying them from the existing owner. The only other way to take ownership of an abandoned home or plot of land is to purchase it legitimately.The inquiry will hand down its final recommendations in the coming weeks.The tax's efficacy — and enforcement — could prove its greatest stumbling block."The state government hasn't introduced a method for detecting non-compliant dwellings, so it means it really relies on the honesty of the owners," Dr Davies said.
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