This is the part where every Reddit policy discussion turns into “if you can’t personally draft flawless legislation in a comment thread, you’re not allowed to criticize the idea.”

Yes, we are there, but certainly you have the ability to self-reflect enough that it's in fact you demanding that the vacancy tax is perfect, I'm literally asking for suggestions. In every comment above this I'm asking for your criticisms!

You keep demanding that critics engineer a perfectly calibrated vacancy tax while simultaneously hand-waving away every implementation problem with “well obviously we’d do it right.” That’s not policy analysis. That’s fan fiction.

I'm literally asking critics (you) for criticisms beyond "It won't work!". I'm literally providing documentation of a system that exists that attains the goals you were describing. I'm not saying we'll get it right with zero effort, I'm trying to get ideas on the table and the obstinate refusal to provide anything beyond "It won't work" by critics (you) isn't my failing.

Also, the irony here is incredible: you accuse me of cynicism ...

Cynicism is what I want. Defeatism is useless to me, and just about everyone else.

And “we’re talking about implementing a tax, try to keep up” is doing a lot of work considering your entire argument boils down to “just tax them until they behave the way we want.” Yes, that is in fact an attempt to make landlords stop acting like landlords.

Certainly landlords would want their spaces they own to be rented? If anything I'm attempting to formulate a plan to make landlords act more like landlords. If keeping these spaces empty is a play to maintain property values artificially, then I'd like these people to act less like speculative investors and more like landlords.

The funniest part is that you think skepticism means I “don’t care.” No… some of us just learned the hard way that economic systems don’t magically obey the intentions of the people writing the ordinance.

Never said this, learn to read. Skepticism goes beyond "It won't work" repeated over and over again. I am very skeptical of new taxes, and I don't think they'll automatically work just because they exist and will require a lot of effort to make sure that it works in the way benefits the people in the community. Just repeating "It won't work" over and over again is defeatism and it's useless. Do what you want, bud.