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== How to avoid higher rents/housing and land prices ==  
== How to avoid higher rents/housing and land prices ==  


As the lower class will have more money to spend and housing is an essential c
As the lower class will have more money to spend and housing, the free market will cause higher prices for them immediately.


* [[http://www.basicincome.org/bien/pdf/2004Bazlinton.pdf Reddit link of paper]] Dangers of basic income without land value taxation.  It is about paying a basic income with land value taxation and the benefits of it (as housing prices of the lesser land will remain low and speculation on land prices diminishes).   
* [[http://www.basicincome.org/bien/pdf/2004Bazlinton.pdf Reddit link of paper]] Dangers of basic income without land value taxation.  It is about paying a basic income with land value taxation and the benefits of it (as housing prices of the lesser land will remain low and speculation on land prices diminishes).   
* [[http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/binnenland/1.2337965 Actualisation of basic income rates]] In Belgium, we already have a tax on houses/land (kadastraal inkomen), but the rates are still the ones from decades ago and could get higher to reflect the actual prices.
* [[http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/binnenland/1.2337965 Actualisation of cadastral income]] In Belgium, we already have a tax on houses/land (kadastraal inkomen), but the rates are still the ones from decades ago and we could set them higher to reflect the actual prices.
 
== Housing and environment==
 
Old houses are often badly insulated and are bad for the environment as such.  New houses are required to have a , which admittedly

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How to avoid higher rents/housing and land prices

As the lower class will have more money to spend and housing, the free market will cause higher prices for them immediately.

  • [Reddit link of paper] Dangers of basic income without land value taxation. It is about paying a basic income with land value taxation and the benefits of it (as housing prices of the lesser land will remain low and speculation on land prices diminishes).
  • [Actualisation of cadastral income] In Belgium, we already have a tax on houses/land (kadastraal inkomen), but the rates are still the ones from decades ago and we could set them higher to reflect the actual prices.

Housing and environment

Old houses are often badly insulated and are bad for the environment as such. New houses are required to have a , which admittedly