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My wife did a little light reading on this subject and found it's more complicated than that. It turns out that finding the owner of these properties is an enor
by y-c-o-m-b 6y ago
My wife did a little light reading on this subject and found it's more complicated than that. It turns out that finding the owner of these properties is an enormous challenge because due to the high level of taxes and fees associated with these buildings, the owners are reluctant to claim them (to avoid paying the taxes/fees). I would like to see someone living in Japan confirm this, though.
- freetime2 6y agoI haven't seen any houses being offered for free in my area, but have seen number that were listed at less than $15K USD and wouldn't consider any of them livable without at least some major renovation - and in most cases you'd probably want to just demolish the house completely and build something new. Of course different people might have differing definitions of what is "livable", so your mileage may vary. Focusing on the abandoned houses is a bit of a red herring, though. There is definitely affordable non-free housing to be found in Japan... less than $100K USD for a move-in ready house in a small city seems very doable to me.
- fomine3 6y agoThat's because a land owner isn't able to release(return to gov) their lands in Japan.