Agree with all. My open question wrt to squatting is the potential to incentivize keeping real estate in active use. If "use it or lose it" is official policy,

Agree with all. My open question wrt to squatting is the potential to incentivize keeping real estate in active use. If "use it or lose it" is official policy, it might help mitigate hoarding. A bit like some cities are now penalizing unoccupied condos, where investors buy up condos and then don't even rent them out.