Chris Minns last year ruled out a tax on second homes,but Sydney MP Alex Greenwich said a levy on vacant homes could be used to fund further housing for essential workers around the inner city.
“I would support some sort of vacancy tax in the inner city,particularly when we look at areas in parts of Millers Point,where former worker housing has been converted into short-term letting,” he said.
He said any tax would address properties that had stood empty for a long time and would discourage land banking,the practice of buying land as an investment,holding it for future use and making no specific plans for its development.