{"id":14972,"date":"2016-06-01T00:03:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T17:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/were-being-slowly-suffocated-uk-readers-on-the-problem-of-second-homes\/"},"modified":"2016-06-01T00:09:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T17:09:30","slug":"were-being-slowly-suffocated-uk-readers-on-the-problem-of-second-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/were-being-slowly-suffocated-uk-readers-on-the-problem-of-second-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;We&#039;re being slowly suffocated&#039;: UK readers on the problem of second homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nWe asked readers across Britain what impact second homes have had on their communities \u2013 and what they think can be doneLast month residents of St Ives, Cornwall, voted in favour of introducing planning laws that could restrict the number of second-home owners in the town by making newbuild properties available only to those who live there full-time. We wanted to find out from readers around the country about the impact of second homes where they live.  Related: \u2018English out\u2019: Cornwall\u2019s fightback against second homes  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2016\/may\/31\/uk-readers-on-the-problem-of-second-homes\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;We&#8217;re being slowly suffocated&#8217;: UK readers on the problem of second homes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; We asked readers across Britain what impact second homes have had on their communities \u2013&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-3Tu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14974,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/english-out-cornwalls-fightback-against-second-homes\/","url_meta":{"origin":14972,"position":0},"title":"\u2018English out\u2019: Cornwall\u2019s fightback against second homes","date":"June 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Cornwall is one of the most deprived areas in western Europe, despite its luxury holiday homes \u2013 with house prices way beyond the reach of young locals. 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