Gwynedd raises council tax premium on second homes to 150%

Councillors to use extra 3m expected to be raised by the move to tackle area's immoral' homelessness crisis

Second-home owners in north Wales will have to pay a 150% council tax premium to tackle the area's spiralling and immoral" homelessness crisis.

Councillors in Gwynedd agreed to raise the premium from its current 100% level - so already twice what permanent residents pay - and use the extra 3m it believes it will raise to provide more accommodation for people who are struggling to find a home.