Commercial landowners pay less and you pay more? Submit against cutting commercial rates by 15 Nov!
The WCC is currently consulting on a proposal to cut the rates commercial landowners pay and directly subsidise this through raising residential rates. As ex-CTU economist Peter Harris outlines in his opinion (see resources, below) there is no evidence to suggest that this rates cut will “trickle down” to workers, renters and residents in any meaningful way.
Unions Wellington has launched a campaign against this. We are asking people to tell WCC you oppose reducing the commercial rates differential. Submitting takes 2 minutes:
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