joat on Nostr: Why is it always "pwetty pwetty pwease won't you convert your empty building ...

Why is it always "pwetty pwetty pwease won't you convert your empty building blighting the city and we'll give you some money" instead of "here's a massive tax on your shitty underoccupied building, get somebody in there, convert it or raze and rebuild it, we don't care, just get it done"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-ontario-office-residential-conversion-1.7098287?cmp=rss