LA Measure ULA Mansion Tax
A transfer tax on high-value sales to fund housing - and a chill on building.
D · 10/24
1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)
Tax big property transfers to fund affordable housing.
2 · The realist counter-case
Critics warned it would freeze high-end transactions.
3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats
Raised ~60% of promised revenue; UCLA Lewis estimated ~1,910 fewer units/yr; high-end sales fell 30-50%.
4 · Liberty check
Constrains large sellers to fund a collective housing goal.
5 · The real tradeoff
Revenue real but supply cost real.
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