REGARDING fixing the housing problem, we hear all sorts of ideas about offering more tax incentives for housing with permanent rental, with leases of 24 months or more, and stripping airbnb of most of its tax concessions. A town with permanent residents 365 days a year will be economically better off than a town with half its property empty for more than half the year. In the Bay, once again we have failed businesses that didn't survive winter. A full population would soon fix this and create jobs locally. Residents would also not have to put up with their streets being turned into party central with all sorts of drunk low-life scum treating the joint like a toilet. The level of frustration airbnb party houses bring to small communities can't be over-stated, so tax accordingly I say.
