Empty Empires: a Few Berkeley Landlords Are Sitting on Several Vacant Buildings
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Berkeley landlords are leaving buildings vacant, sparking concerns about housing availability.
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randycupertinoAuthor
4 months ago
1 replysubtitle: One Berkeley family may own as many as five vacant properties. Their bill under the city’s new vacancy tax will be more than triple what they paid in property taxes last year.
PaulHoule
4 months ago
It strikes me as a little underwhelming to call that an "empire".
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