Still too low tbh. No one should get a second until everyone's got their first.
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It’s 150% if you fill in the form in Welsh. If you use English, it’s 300%.
I can't tell if you're joking or not.
Quebec is taking notes.
I’m joking, but if it were possible, you’d need to pass at least a simple Welsh language test before buying a place in Wales. The locals have historically had a huge grievance with well-to-do English people buying up most of the pretty villages, pricing the locals out, and their lack of connection to the culture of Wales adds insult to injury. (There have been, IIRC, incidents of such second homes burning down, and nobody having seen anything.)
This would help Seattle and Vancouver BC. I know we're trying this in America, but it's nice to see where it's working.
Such an obvious thing too. Personally I'd rather they just ban ownership beyond a primary home until the crisis is over. But I get from a political point of view that it would be less doable.
Or impose a minimum radius around a property where you can't buy a second one and then a minimum around both where you can't have a third one and so on. Want to have a house in the city and a cottage >100km away in a straight line? Go ahead. Want to own a bunch of house and use them as short term rental units? Better be ready to waste your time traveling all over the country buddy!
Or impose a minimum radius around a property where you can't buy a second one and then a minimum around both where you can't have a third one and so on. Want to have a house in the city and a cottage >100km away in a straight line? Go ahead.
But this is what's causing the problems. People are buying second houses in holiday destinations, then either leaving them empty for most of the year, or renting them out for things like Airbnb. House prices are going up, and locals can't afford to buy. Off season, the local businesses don't have enough custom to sustain themselves, and end up going under.
That would work better, wouldn't it. I bet they can pick their primary home or do they have to prove it? If they don't have to prove it, it would be easy enough to say that the Wales home is their primary and their second home is in a place with not tax burdens. I guess we have to do this everywhere?
Most places have a specific occupancy duration to qualify as a primary home, right?
If not, that seems to be a good option. Primary counts if used by owner for living >240 days of the year (random number but figured it should be at least 3/4 a year or so). Like how we calculate whether someone counts as in state vs out of state for tuition.