Critics say charity is pushing out local people by increasing rents and then converting properties into lucrative holiday letsTenants of the National Trust have accused the conservation charity of creating “ghost towns” out of the villages it owns by hiking up rents to unaffordable levels and then transforming the vacant properties into holiday lets.As the owner of many of Britain’s historic monuments and landscapes, the National Trust is considered to be the custodian of the nation’s heritage, yet it is also one of the UK’s largest landlords. Now some of its tenants claim it is “eroding national heritage” by pricing out local people in favour of tourists. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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