I csnt speak for this but you are right generally.
Most govt agencies are fairly useless in terms of the average person reaching out. They dont answer you, they barely answer the phone. Forget relying on their websites for electronic contacts.
You have to hope they have a new dynamic leader in at a dept who is on the ball. These are few and far apart. Its really sad. It leaves you with no other option than to complain to a newspaper like Lbt did to get them ugly signs down.
The fact we are this far shows how much further we can be
People are so shortsighted. They dont need to pull out all stops. The govt needs to tread carefully. We have a supply shortage of housing for locals. Maybe this person needs to try to look for a place to rent for an average preson.
The govt doenst seem to have interest in changing zoning rules or increasing density to meet supply. So now we want the govt to encourge even less availiability for locals? Anyone who has rented has seen the massive spike in rents that has come alongside the shift to vacation rentals.
I dont blame home owners. If a person can get double for renting to a tourist who can out compete a local but where does it leave us? We've seen other places have the same problem and are trying to combat it. Problem is the loudest voices are either these guys or the realtors.
he has provided assistance. He's brought it to the attention of the authority. I dont know if you tried to raise things with the government before but its a near waste of time. You call, you email, you whatsapp and no one responds. If they do respond they dont action.
the only way they listen is by blasting them on the news it seems.
In government schools I've had several English and Candian teachers. Same with UB. I've not had from the US.
They cite weather, change of pace etc. Income tax helps a little but most who go dont for the money since its net a pay cut. I do know they live fairly modestly so its not a lot and its not for everyone.
>10. (1) The rent lawfully chargeable in respect of a dwelling-house shall be such percentage, not exceeding twenty per centum per annum, of its assessed, determined or declared value as may be prescribed by order of the Minister
it also goes on to say that this only applies to a subset of homes
>4. A dwelling-house shall not be protected under this Act if it is established that its assessed, determined or declared value, whichever is appropriate and effective, exceeds seventy-five thousand dollars
so it seems like the current act only applies if the building is valued up to 75,000 and based on the text its annual
So based on this a house worth 75,000 can be rented for $937.5 assuming 15% or 1250 assuming 20%. But a house dwelling over the 75,000 there is no cap.
What does 20% mean. 20% of the value annually? monthly?
If a property is valued at 300,000 20% is 60,000. So the landlord can charge up to 60k annually? If so that would be up to 5k a month.A property valued at 100,000 at 20k is 1,666 per month.
Are there houses valued at 300,000 where someone is getting that much in rent?
How does this law apply to efficiencies that are at attached to a property?
pt_90 says...
Can the doctor explain how BK or McDonald's is worse than say a local place doing a a burger containing the same ingredients.
What about the high starch, high cholesterol, low green offerings from local establishments. Do they not pose health risks?
Are we making an economic protectionist policy or a health policy?
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pt_90 says...
I csnt speak for this but you are right generally.
Most govt agencies are fairly useless in terms of the average person reaching out. They dont answer you, they barely answer the phone. Forget relying on their websites for electronic contacts.
You have to hope they have a new dynamic leader in at a dept who is on the ball. These are few and far apart. Its really sad. It leaves you with no other option than to complain to a newspaper like Lbt did to get them ugly signs down.
The fact we are this far shows how much further we can be
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pt_90 says...
People are so shortsighted. They dont need to pull out all stops. The govt needs to tread carefully. We have a supply shortage of housing for locals. Maybe this person needs to try to look for a place to rent for an average preson.
The govt doenst seem to have interest in changing zoning rules or increasing density to meet supply. So now we want the govt to encourge even less availiability for locals? Anyone who has rented has seen the massive spike in rents that has come alongside the shift to vacation rentals.
I dont blame home owners. If a person can get double for renting to a tourist who can out compete a local but where does it leave us? We've seen other places have the same problem and are trying to combat it. Problem is the loudest voices are either these guys or the realtors.
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pt_90 says...
he has provided assistance. He's brought it to the attention of the authority. I dont know if you tried to raise things with the government before but its a near waste of time. You call, you email, you whatsapp and no one responds. If they do respond they dont action.
the only way they listen is by blasting them on the news it seems.
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pt_90 says...
Not a lot but some do.
In government schools I've had several English and Candian teachers. Same with UB. I've not had from the US.
They cite weather, change of pace etc. Income tax helps a little but most who go dont for the money since its net a pay cut. I do know they live fairly modestly so its not a lot and its not for everyone.
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pt_90 says...
So I just read the rent control act
>10. (1) The rent lawfully chargeable in respect of a
dwelling-house shall be such percentage, not exceeding
twenty per centum per annum, of its assessed, determined
or declared value as may be prescribed by order of the
Minister
it also goes on to say that this only applies to a subset of homes
>4. A dwelling-house shall not be protected under
this Act if it is established that its assessed, determined or
declared value, whichever is appropriate and effective,
exceeds seventy-five thousand dollars
so it seems like the current act only applies if the building is valued up to 75,000 and based on the text its annual
Further the an updated order was released reducing it to 15% https://moea.gov.bs/wp-content/uploads/… in 2023.
So based on this a house worth 75,000 can be rented for $937.5 assuming 15% or 1250 assuming 20%. But a house dwelling over the 75,000 there is no cap.
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pt_90 says...
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pt_90 says...
What does 20% mean. 20% of the value annually? monthly?
If a property is valued at 300,000 20% is 60,000. So the landlord can charge up to 60k annually? If so that would be up to 5k a month.A property valued at 100,000 at 20k is 1,666 per month.
Are there houses valued at 300,000 where someone is getting that much in rent?
How does this law apply to efficiencies that are at attached to a property?
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pt_90 says...
The Bahamas keeps making this mistake.
In 2008 it was claimed that the Bahamas's economy could be decoupled from the US/Global factors. Of course the financial crises proved otherwise.
in 2020 - It was claimed that the Bahamas would benefit from the COVID (at the time) epidemic. Of course this proved to not be the case.
Last month it was claimed that we'd benefit from travel uncertainties. Now its the reason for the decline we have.
Anyone taking off their blinders could see how bad these statements were at the time, no hindsight needed.
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pt_90 says...
The Bahamian crowd is also on the loudest. Great showing so far all around.
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