{"id":34850,"date":"2016-11-18T14:53:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T07:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/vancouver-outlines-exemptions-on-new-empty-homes-tax\/"},"modified":"2016-11-18T15:15:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T08:15:55","slug":"vancouver-outlines-exemptions-on-new-empty-homes-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/vancouver-outlines-exemptions-on-new-empty-homes-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver outlines exemptions on new empty homes tax"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBy Emma Crawford Hampel
\nVancouver City Council officially approved a 1 per cent tax on empty homes in the city and outlined the situations in which homeowners would be exempt from paying the tax.
\nThe formal approval was expected, as Mayor Gregor Robertson had announced he was supporting the recommendation from city staff to implement the tax, which is intended to push landlords to rent out properties in an effort to deal with a severe rental housing shortage across the city.
\n\u201cIn Vancouver…
\n
\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Vancouver outlines exemptions on new empty homes tax<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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