Lapalamian houses
As staten in the "Lapalamian card of human rights", every lapalamian citizen has the right to have a house.
He/she can ask for a Lapalhome or he/she can ask a private engineer/architect to design his/her own.
Lapalhome were the first houses the community built when settled on the island, nowadays this term refers to vacant apartments or houses, the government keeps them to welcome newcomers or for unstable workers.
Every house have a credit value, if you prefer to live in a small apartment, a smaller amount of credit will be retained from your salary, bigger houses "cost" more. This distinction could sound normal, but it hides a totally lapalamian detail: your actual home "pays" for your future home or a better one for others. That means that all the credits Lapalam takes from your salary, remain in the Environmental Building economic area.
The amount of credits Lapalam keeps from citizens' salary (around 15% for middle-leveled wages, more for greater ones) decreses through time to reach the minimum rate (around 6% for middle-leveled wages, more for greater ones), in order to give people who demonstrate stability to afford more extras.
Your house remain yours until you decide to or must leave it, after this term, it belongs to the nation. A central Environmental centre keeps score of every relinquishment and movement. Every citizen can ask to this bureau for a finished/unfinished house or a building lot. For an in deep detailed view, ask a brochure.
Table of house rates
This table is the basis on which Environmental Bureau calculates the rates for each house, in real life, this numbers are a little different:
| Salary (credits/month) | Rate (max-min) |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0%-0% |
| 100-500 | 2%-1% |
| 501-1500 | 4%-2% |
| 1501-2800 | 8%-4% |
| 2801-4000 | 12%-8% |
| 4001-6000 | 18%-12% |
| 6001-9000 | 27%-18% |
| 9001-15000 | 41%-27% |
| 15001-25000 | 62%-41% |
| 25001-40000 | 89%-62% |
The 40000 limit is set by the "Lapalamian card of human rights" as the maximum income for a freeman ("there's nothing a man could do of a higher value [...] not even invent life" said once Von Iags), up to now, nobody has ever earned that amount of credits. This rates and incomes must be calculated on the value of the house (the value in this table is the amount of credits ABOVE the standard):
| Value (credits) | Influence (max-min) |
|---|---|
| 0-100 | 89%-62% |
| 101-500 | 62%-41% |
| 501-1500 | 41%-27% |
| 1501-2800 | 27%-18% |
| 2801-4000 | 18%-12% |
| 4001-6000 | 12%-8% |
| 6001-9000 | 8%-4% |
| 9001-15000 | 4%-2% |
| 15001-25000 | 2%-1% |
| 25001-40000 | 0%-0% |
The table is basically the same of the previous, but these percentages are to be applied on the ones above (the percentage has to be deducted from the previous amount), in order to compensate the deduction.
An example could be:
A person earns 2000 credits a month, the percentage he/she should give for the house would be 8%: 160 credits
applying the deduction for living in a home of a value of 2000 credits (27% of the 160 credits they should pay): 43.2
the real amount of credits that Lapalam keeps from this person is 116.8 .
This solution tends to advantage poor people but's not too cruel on rich people, a rich person who decides to live in a modest mansion, would save a huger percentage of its contribution (lets say the maximum salary in the minimum standard of house 40000*89/100-((40000*89/100)*89/100)=35600-31684=3916 credits to deduce from the salary).
