Editorial: Consider new tax on vacant homes

Honolulu City Council’s Bill 9 creates an empty homes tax. That seems like a no-brainer: Tax properties that sit vacant more than six months a year at a higher rate, so that owners will be discouraged from leaving homes empty.

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