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[–] Ryan213@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

OPC is counterintuitive?? No..... /s

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Always fun to watch evil/injustice "fight", "back"...

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They need to pay more in property taxes, no? Why do people think they get their cake and it can be recouped by destroying the next generation's quality of life and disposable income? Pay for your own stuff

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Getting rid of development charges doesn’t make things cheaper for people

You’re right that it just goes to property taxes but it also means you still qualify for the same mortgage so houses can be sold for the same price

Another way to look at it is buyers will have to pay for it for 30 years while retirees can just move to places that aren’t seeing massive expansion