Callipygian wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2017 6:57 pmA simple solution to the ' but there must be land for new citizens ' is for the Executive to remove 12 parcels from the market - they can be a variety of sizes and locations, and only list them for sale if and when most other parcels are occupied. Those parcels should only be available for purchase by new citizens, fairly simple to enforce by announcement of them going on the market and that they are not for general purchase. Since break even is
in the 70 to 80 % occupancy range, removing 0.5% of parcels from the market is not a huge impact on the bottom line. Then you can remove limits on number of parcels completely, or raise it to a substantial number while maintaining limits on some types of parcel in some areas. To quote Sudane :"The benefits are that there will always be land available, and that the citizens of the CDS are free to support the community financially to the maximum of their ability." AND this leaves responsibility for land management to the Executive, where it belongs, without adding a layer of law that will make flexibility and response to market changes more difficult.Calli
One issue I see with this suggestion, considering our current state of events and assuming that when you say "Executive", you mean "Chancellor", is that we don't really have anyone around to perform those duties. As it is, we have parcels "off the market" due to people not paying tier on them, but the EMs can't evict anyone, so the parcels sit there tied up and not generating any income because they cannot be sold. I am reluctant to add any additional responsibilities to the Chancellor's plate, at least for now, so would rather find a solution we can put into place now if we are going to vote on it at all.