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Your argument is that more available supply on the market would cause home prices to increase. In econ 101 terms - That doesn't make sense. More supply -> cost goes down.

Lower incomes would actually be better off because it would mean that more properties would sell, lowering the price of homes, and thus rentals would have to come down in price too. Churn in housing market could lead to more housing developments as well - since you have to pay full price of the land you are just sitting on. You'd be better off developing the land than just sitting on an empty lot and paying lots of property tax.




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