The owners of more than 1,000 empty homes have been contacted by a Welsh council asking if they'll sell the vacant properties. Gwynedd council has taken the step in a bid to resolve the area's housing supply crisis.
To date 115 letter recipients have come back asking for more details about the offer. They were identified through the authority's council tax register with the aim they might sell their property which would in turn help people in the area who cannot afford to buy a home.
Until recently there were more empty houses in Wales than second homes. Council records show there are 1,200 long-term empty properties in Gwynedd – among the highest of any Welsh authority – and these are considered a “ready-made” housing stock that would go some way towards easing current shortages, NorthWalesLive reports.
