Vancouver Empty Home Tax

• ‘Unintended consequences’: Vancouver council votes to cut empty homes tax back to 3%

  Vancouver city council upped the empty homes tax from three per cent of a property’s value to five per cent in 2022, but now staff is recommending it shift back to three per cent.

  Politics

  May 10, 2023
  
• City report recommends tax on vacant Toronto homes

  Officials say the tax would increase Toronto's housing supply and that revenue generated through the tax could go to support affordable housing projects in the city.

  Economy

  Dec 3, 2020
  
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• Vancouver homeowner says Empty Homes Tax is hurting those with second homes

  "We're just collateral damage," said Rainer Borkenhagen who lives in Gibsons but owns a condo in Vancouver.

  Feb 2, 2018