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Michael Raulerson: “Implement a vacancy tax.”

Featuring: Michael Raulerson, Candidate, Fort Worth City Council, District 9 | Texas

Fort Worth City Council District 9 Candidate Forum with Elizabeth Beck, Michael Rollerson, and Jenny Stewart

Published April 16, 2025 | Video Starts at 21:45

And I think a great way to actually fight back against the rising cost is actually to Implement a vacancy tax. I think right now there's an immense amount of real estate investors that are buying up land, and what that's actually doing is it's making it much more costly for … (21:45–21:48)

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Proposes implementing a vacancy tax to address housing affordability.

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“It's been much, much, much more expensive lately to actually live out here in Fort Worth.”
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“We're, you know, kicking them out of Lancaster. We're policing the homeless.”
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“We're not actually properly investing in infrastructure, we're not properly investing in, you know, the train system.”
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“We're not properly investing in public housing for this community and a stronger public jobs program.”
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“They're talking about expanding the railway system, which I think could be a great opportunity for different jobs for the people of Fort…”
Fort Worth City Council District 9 Candidate Forum with Elizabeth Beck, Michael Rollerson, and Jenny Stewart | Uploaded April 16, 2025 | 03:04-03:11
“We need to actually drastically increase the Fort Worth jobs program.”
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“It's incredibly expensive to have these private companies build highways and do all these projects ourselves.”
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“We actually can build these projects ourselves as a city.”
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“We should decriminalize [homelessness and marijuana] so we can have a better community and a safer community as a whole.”
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“We can absolutely create an expansive jobs program with [the billions of dollars coming in here for investment].”
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“We need to make sure that we're cutting out a lot of the privatization, which leads to a higher overall cost for the taxpayer and lower…”
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“We have a massive amount of human trafficking out here in Fort Worth. We should be targeting that.”
Fort Worth City Council District 9 Candidate Forum with Elizabeth Beck, Michael Rollerson, and Jenny Stewart | Uploaded April 16, 2025 | 13:34-13:38
“We shouldn't be targeting, you know, the homeless population. We shouldn't be targeting, you know, just, you know, a kid on the street that…”
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“We, as a city, need to be more inclusive towards all different types of people.”
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“We should strive to make Fort Worth more affordable for everyone.”
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“We definitely do need to put much more funding going to infrastructure projects.”
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“It's really expensive right now to buy housing, and it's reflected in higher property taxes for a lot of our residents, especially, you…”
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“There's an immense amount of real estate investors that are buying up land.”
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“I rely primarily on grassroots support. I have very few donors in my campaign.”
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“By bringing more affordable, publicly owned housing to Fort Worth.”
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“Focusing on, you know, nonviolent approach to crime.”
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