#secondhomes — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #secondhomes, aggregated by home.social.
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Latest Housing Figures for Orkney & Scotland
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And the award for zero self-awareness goes to second-home owners raging about higher taxes.
Doubling council tax on holiday homes in England is a sensible, revenue-raising policy for communities in serious need.
Gaby Hinsliff in the Guardian
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Spain housing crisis: slow construction is to blame, not foreign buyers: opinion
Σύγκριση Ελλάδας με την Ισπανία στην κατασκευή κατοικιών από το 1996 μέχρι το 2023 και 2024
#RealEstate #Greece #Spain #housing #residential #property #HousePrices #HouseBuilding #SecondHomes #Ελλάδα #Ισπανία #ακίνητα #κατοικία #σπίτια #οικοδομή
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Second homes for sale treble after council tax hike
by Gareth Pennant
September 6, 2024"New rules were introduced by the #Welsh government with the aim of making it easier for people to afford homes in the area where they grew up.
"To help achieve this, powers were given to local authorities to charge a premium of up to 300% on top of the normal council tax rate for those who own a #SecondHome in #Wales.
"It has become a thorny issue, especially in coastal areas and beauty spots along the west coast.
"Cyngor Gwynedd has long been accused of 'playing Russian roulette' by holiday home owners and tourism boards after it imposed a 250% premium on council tax for these properties.
"Earlier this year, it went a step further and announced plans for any new second homes to be subject to planning consent, with these rules coming into force on 1 September.
"It argued that the area faced a 'huge #HousingCrisis', with many young people backing the move, saying #wealthy second home owners were pricing them out of the market."
Read more:
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#Billionaires #Taxes #Superyachts #PrivatePlanes #SecondHomes #USPolitics #ClimateChange
if we had a useful government, we would tax these m'fuckers into the ground
we would ban their vehicles from water & sky
sorry, #TaylorSwift, you're grounded
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If #secondhomes are a key aspect of the #housingcrisis (they are!), nevertheless the problem is concentrated on England & Wales 's coastline(s).
As Councils seek more powers to get empty & under-used times back into use, this aspect of the crisis at least seems to be pretty geographically concentrated, suggesting perhaps a more targeted policy around councils with large 'visitor economy' exposure?
However, as this also suggests problems with empty homes elsewhere are differently caused!
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CW: Scottish politics, SGP, second houses
Very pleased to see the Scottish Green Party continuing to stand up for tenants’ rights and against the scourge of landlordism
Later in this parliamentary term, they will introduce a Housing Bill providing tenants with permanent protection from eviction and rent controls
And the Scottish Government have just published plans to double council tax on second homes
#TenantsRights #HousingBill #EvictionProtection #SecondHomes #CouncilTax #ScottishGreenParty #ScottishGovernment
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@Daojoan #Squatters in #Nashville have come up with a 'organic solution' to the problem of #ShortTermRentals and #SecondHomes driving up real-estate prices and rent in booming cities!
And it was 'heaven sent'!
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Burnham Market: Furious residents vote to ban second homes ‘hollowing out’ seaside Norfolk village | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/burnham-market-chelsea-on-sea-second-homes-b2422170.html -
Seaside towns are fighting back against holiday-home owners
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/holiday-homes-threat-uk-cornwall-b2346624.html
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When it comes to fixing housing problems, we can learn from lessons from Wales.
Local authorities can now set and collect council tax premiums on second homes and long-term empty properties at up to 300%.
"This means, for example, that a £1,000 bill for a permanent resident could be as much as £4,000 for a second home owner."
Naturally the Welsh Government is Labour-led.
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But the council is not directly asking second home owners who have gutted communities to help with this nor banning Airbnb. Hm 🤔
"Cornwall Council asks residents to house homeless" - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-65065701
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'Beyond the City of London, #NorthNorfolk has the highest level of homes either lying empty or infrequently used in England.'
Our small new build estate here in #Overstrand 10
properties are 2nd homes /holiday lets.Cheapest property on market in the village £290K & needs work.
We're only able to live here because we are in a shared ownership property.
#housingcrisis #secondhomesWe need affordable housing for locals now. I fear for the future of young people here.
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MOPA project successfully completed! 🥳We showcased the potential of electricity consumption data in multi-local living and second home research.
Read more from our fresh blog post: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/digital-geography/2022/12/14/mopa-project-successfully-completed-we-showcased-the-potential-of-big-electricity-consumption-data-in-multi-local-living-and-second-home-research/
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