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What are the reasons for your house to be empty for years unless you have another place to live, aka hoard property?

The only good reason I can think of at the moment are prison or medical reasons which leave you in a hospital for an extended period of time.

In those cases those peoples rights of ownership to their homes should be upheld. Otherwise, I agree that we should go hard against property hoarding.

My grandfather fell broke his hip and moved in with us for a year. It was touch and go whether he could recover and move back home. Thankfully he did.

Is he a “hoarder”?

That's a good enough reason. Since he had to move in with you this means he lives alone though? do you consider it safe for him to live alone in the old age? (For his own sake not just for the sake of healthy housing market)

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