'We don't have a hope if we're competing against wealthy people from away'
"Everything's just so expensive in our local area," she says."We would not be able to afford to buy a house. We both work full time so there's nothing more we can do."Advertisement
A number of other local authorities are already saying they are introducing or increasing their premiums from next year, including Bridgend , Cardiff , Merthyr Tydfil , Monmouthshire and the Vale of Glamorgan .The Welsh government is introducing a series of measures from Saturday to take"immediate action" on making housing more affordable for people to rent or buy in their local areas.
He tells Sky News that the society welcomes the measures announced by the Welsh government last year for"greater controls", adding that"they're things that we’ve been campaigning for for many decades". He adds that concerns around the impact of second homes are"a phenomenon which is widespread across Britain".Beyond Wales, a campaign has been launched in Cornwall to call for affordable housing - and the impact of second homes is also seen in Yorkshire.
But the Welsh government’s concern is that the number of second homes is more concentrated in the most rural and coastal areas of Wales.
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