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Skip to contentSkip to site index Search & Section Navigation Section Navigation SEARCH SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in Business|The ‘Georgists’ Are Out There, and They Want to Tax Your Land https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/12/business/georgism-land-tax-housing.html * Share full article * * Tens of thousands of properties in Detroit sit unoccupied, many owned by absentee landlords and corporations.Credit...Nic Antaya for The New York Times THE ‘GEORGISTS’ ARE OUT THERE, AND THEY WANT TO TAX YOUR LAND Amid a crisis in affordable housing, the century-old ideas of Henry George have gained a new currency. Tens of thousands of properties in Detroit sit unoccupied, many owned by absentee landlords and corporations.Credit...Nic Antaya for The New York Times Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT * Share full article * * * Read in app By Conor Dougherty * Nov. 12, 2023 When Mayor Mike Duggan talks about his accomplishments in Detroit, the list is both impressive and sad. He had the streetlights turned back on, and reopened closed parks. In the decade since he took office, the city has demolished some 25,000 blighted homes whose rusty debris and incubation of crime drag down neighborhoods. The progress would be even greater, the mayor argues, if the city hadn’t been smothered by speculation. In the years after the Great Recession, tens of thousands of Detroit properties were bought by absentee landlords and faceless LLCs. The owners are so negligent and hard to find that the city mows their lawns without asking. Mr. Duggan gets angry discussing the subject. In speeches and community meetings, he paints a stark, moralized contrast between the businesses that invest in jobs and the sit-and-wait landowners whose paydays rely on others’ efforts. Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. Conor Dougherty is an economics reporter and the author of “Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America.” His work focuses on the West Coast, real estate and wage stagnation among U.S. workers. More about Conor Dougherty A version of this article appears in print on Nov. 12, 2023, Section BU, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: A Proposal To Fix Housing That Already Inspired a Cult. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe * Share full article * * * Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2023 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions * Your Privacy Choices KEEP READING THE TIMES BY CREATING A FREE ACCOUNT OR LOGGING IN. Continue Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. See subscription options