Feb 22, 2022
Cornwall: I have to live in an Airbnb in my hometown
Heath had been served a Section 21 "no fault" eviction notice, which allows private landlords to ask tenants to leave, if they meet certain conditions, without giving a reason. That's made life difficult in visitor hotspots such as Cornwall, where landlords are capitalising on rising house prices and lucrative short-term lets. House prices in Cornwall rose 50% faster than the UK average in the first year of the pandemic, to £270,000 - nine times the average local salary, £20,710, which is 20% lower than that of the wider UK.And there's big price variation around the county, with properties in towns such as Padstow averaging about half a million pounds. "The pandemic has intensified the problem, with staycations and a lack of foreign travel encouraging investment in property and a flipping by landlords from long- to short-term holiday letting. The National Residential Landlords Association says these changes might cause landlords to leave the sector, resulting in a lack of affordable housing.
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