13:21 18 October 2025
Razem party claims developers suspending sale of apartments to artificially raise prices
Poland’s Razem party claims that high housing prices result from developers deliberately withholding ready apartments to artificially inflate prices. The party is campaigning for a “Dead Homes Tax” on vacant properties kept for speculation. Following examples from Katowice—which introduced a property tax nearly 30 times higher for developers holding empty units—and Kraków, Razem is urging Warsaw to adopt a similar measure. The collected revenue would fund municipal housing projects.
The initiative, currently gathering signatures in Warsaw, is also being launched in other cities, including Poznań, Wrocław, Szczecin, Kielce, and Bydgoszcz. Razem argues that such an anti-speculation tax would discourage hoarding of empty apartments and make housing more affordable.
