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Rethinking housing taxation - a policy discussion paper

By: Shelter Scotland
Published: November 2009

Rethinking housing taxation - a policy discussion paper

Housing taxation reform should aim to address four key problems, all of which have profound implications, not just for housing, but also for the economy more generally:

- instability in the housing market
- housing affordability pressures
- unequal tenure choices
- housing wealth inequalities.