The lawsuit is the latest in a series of legal challenges of the tax, while the city has also faced many appeals of tax notices
Two Vancouver residents are taking the city’s six-year-old empty-homes tax to court, arguing it violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and should be declared invalid.jointly filed a lawsuit late last month, alleging the tax has created extreme psychological and financial stress for both of them, even though their circumstances are somewhat different.
Ms. Dan, a Vancouver resident since 2011, bought a west-side property where a burned-out home had been demolished, hoping to get a mortgage and build a new house there, according to the documents. But she says in her court filing that she has been unable to obtain financing because the land is empty. She also hasn’t been able to sell the property, originally purchased for $3.5-million. Because it is unoccupied, she was assessed a $113,000 empty-homes tax for the 2022 tax year.
It’s not clear how many people may have sued over the tax, nor is it clear how many have settled without going to court.
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