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This is exactly the reason why people started living on houseboats in the canals of Amsterdam. It was a lot cheaper than the ever rising house prices. However,
by misja111 3y ago
This is exactly the reason why people started living on houseboats in the canals of Amsterdam. It was a lot cheaper than the ever rising house prices.
However, at some point the city council smelled a new opportunity and introduced fees that house boats had to pay for the right of anchoring somewhere. Later came 'roerende ruimte belasting', a tax similar as for house owners, garbage taxes etc.
And now houseboats cost as much as normal houses or even more.
I guess in these US cities the end result will eventually be the same.
- Hello71 3y ago> garbage taxes if houseboats are serviced by municipal garbage collection or sewers shouldn't they have to pay for it? > houseboats cost as much as normal houses or even more I don't live in Amsterdam, but if a couple taxes raised the cost of houseboats to be the same as houses, then your story sounds like some freeloaders were forced to pay for services that they previously got huge subsidies for.
- slikrick 3y agothat's a large assumption, instead of assuming that the boats were already paying taxes as they already existed in the waters before, and the government saw an opportunity to get more tax money from people who couldn't argue otherwise.