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strider3700 · 03-22-12, 04:11 PM

I think they wanted to do the tax benefit for large buildings not individual homes. There is zero incentive for landlords to do anything with their rental units up here. The availability situation in many towns is so bad people will stay in mold infested hellholes with holes in the roof for years simply because there is no where else for them to go.

Convincing a landlord to spend tens if not hundreds of thousands on an apartment building so that his clients can have lower costs on their bills is never going to happen.

I'm not saying it's a good idea I'm just saying that is probably why they are considering the tax benefit route.

Since I am considering moving somewhere colder and into a 100+ year old farmhouse I really wish they gave more information about what they do to seal the outside up. How they deal with windows no longer being flush to the outside and so on.

03-22-12, 04:11 PM	#4
strider3700 Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver Island BC Posts: 745 Thanks: 23 Thanked 37 Times in 30 Posts	I think they wanted to do the tax benefit for large buildings not individual homes. There is zero incentive for landlords to do anything with their rental units up here. The availability situation in many towns is so bad people will stay in mold infested hellholes with holes in the roof for years simply because there is no where else for them to go. Convincing a landlord to spend tens if not hundreds of thousands on an apartment building so that his clients can have lower costs on their bills is never going to happen. I'm not saying it's a good idea I'm just saying that is probably why they are considering the tax benefit route. Since I am considering moving somewhere colder and into a 100+ year old farmhouse I really wish they gave more information about what they do to seal the outside up. How they deal with windows no longer being flush to the outside and so on.