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Second homes: Hundreds gather to protest housing 'crisis'
Plans to tackle the second homes "crisis" in Wales are "vague" and "unambitious", a campaign group says. Hundreds gathered at Llyn Celyn in Gwynedd on Saturday after the Welsh government announced plans to "inject fairness back into the housing system". Gwynedd has the highest number of second homes at 5,098, which represents 20% of all second homes in Wales. The Welsh government said it was "working at speed" for "sustainable solutions to what are complex issues". Mabli Siriol, chairwoman of Welsh language campaign group Cymdeithas yr Iaith, addressed the crowd and called for "urgent action". ... (full story)