Second Homes

Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for European Transition (in respect of his law officer responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:44 pm on 20 October 2020.

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Photo of Siân Gwenllian Siân Gwenllian Plaid Cymru 2:44, 20 October 2020

(Translated)

At the moment, there is no legal mechanism to prevent homes to be sold at very high prices and used as second homes. Plaid Cymru has published an action plan outlining the changes required to the law in planning and in finance to control the situation. Now, you may have heard of the establishment of the Hawl i Fyw Adra campaign by a group of young people on the Llŷn peninsula who can't buy homes in their own areas because of the unfair situation that exists. Now, playing on the words of Cynan about Aberdaron, the message that was shared over the weekend was, 'Cynan, there is no hope to buy a lonely cottage or any home near the wild waves of the sea', referring quite cleverly to the poet's famous ode. Do you believe, and agree, that urgent changes are required to the law to give young people the right to live in their communities? If so, what plans are you working on and when will we see those?