Fair allocation for anything shared.
When housemates share a rental, who gets the master bedroom? When a team shares an office, who gets the window desk? Traditional methods leave someone feeling shortchanged.
TinyLVT uses auctions to allocate spaces fairly. Everyone bids what each space is worth to them. Spaces go to those who value them most, and the proceeds are shared equally.
You only pay what others would have paid.
If you win a space, you pay just enough to outbid the next-highest bidder—not your maximum. This encourages honest bidding and ensures fair prices.
Why "LVT"?
TinyLVT is based on the principles of land value taxation (LVT). Land value taxes:
- allocate scarce resources ("land")
- by assessing their rental value ("value")
- and capturing and redistributing that value to the community ("tax")
Land value taxes ensure resources are used well and guarantee equal access, even if the resource possession itself is unequal. The redistribution compensates those who are excluded from the resource for their share of its value.
TinyLVT is a pure implementation of land value taxation. Resource value and allocation are precisely determined with auctions. Distributions are direct payments to each community member.
The auction interface
Examples
Splitting rent
Three housemates, three rooms, $3,000/month total rent. The auction determines assignments and rent adjustments:
Everyone pays according to room value. Total: still $3,000.
Allocating desks
20 grad students, 14 desks. Each term:
- 1.Everyone receives 100 points
- 2.Bid on desks you want
- 3.Winners pay points; others save theirs
Fair allocation without real money changing hands.
Assigning market stalls
A street fair with 30 vendor spots. Corner stalls have extra frontage; spots near the entrance get more foot traffic.
- •Vendors bid on preferred spots
- •Prime locations cost more
- •Revenue offsets event costs
Market-based pricing without awkward negotiations.