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How do you decide who gets to squat there? Cronyism? Fist fights? Lottery?

• RockyMcNuts 12y ago
  Well, you could just have a higher tax on residences not used by someone as a primary residence. Or basically give a tax break/rebate when someone claims it as a primary residence. Which NY already does, actually.
• smutticus 12y ago
  First come first served. And if you leave your squat unattended, someone else can take it. The point is to incentivize rich people to put someone in their building. Not to divy up unused buildings among the homeless. There are tons of details that would have to be worked out with this idea. But luckily many european nations have been allowing squatting for decades, so there are lots of case studies, and legal examples to draw from.