I actually agree, he's made very significant contributions. Every area he's ever been put in charge of has suffered major disasters: trains, contact tracing, comm games and now housing - an industry he has even less experience in than the last two. I can see why they picked him.
2023 is the only year it was vacant as it would be unfit for human habitation until it was fixed.
Surely the intent of this legislation was not to penalise property owners who had always done the right thing.
Last year through no fault of our own, our investment property in Carlton was severely damaged due to water infiltrating a combination of floating floor and the parquetry underneath.
I have been told by the SRO that we are still liable for vacant land tax. 1% of the value of our property!
We have had the house for just over 14 years and it has been tenanted the entire time across approximately 7 or 8 lots of tenants.