Haiti had/has the same rule: property taxes only applied to finished structures, so many of the rural dwellings were left unfinished. When my wife volunteered

Haiti had/has the same rule: property taxes only applied to finished structures, so many of the rural dwellings were left unfinished. When my wife volunteered there right before the earthquake she said that many structures had exposed rebar sticking out of the concrete. She thinks that increases the fatalities significantly.