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Second home owners adding to Dartmoor housing crisis

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Second homes and holiday lets in popular areas such as Teignbridge and Dartmoor are adding to pressure on councils to provide more affordable homes for local people.

A number of councils have already voted to charge second home owners double the normal rate of council tax to help fund local services.

Cllr Sally Morgan (Lib Dem , Bovey ) said the authority was torn' between looking after the landscape and providing homes.

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78

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78

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informal

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English

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38

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short-lived

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