The District is reassuring residents that it does have a five-year supply of land for housing and adopted Joint Local Plan with Plymouth and West Devon, and an adopted Housing Strategy that they consulted on last year, but local leaders say that due to recent events, there is just not enough properties for local people and those people wanting to work in the District.

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“We are introducing a Decent Homes Standard in the private rented sector for the first time and also bringing in the Social Housing (Regulation) Act, which will deliver significant changes across the sector to ensure landlords are held to account for their performance.”

Cllr Dan Thomas (Lib Dem, Newton and Yealmpton) said there are villages in his area where more than half of the homes are second homes. And, he added: “There is nothing sadder than standing in one of the villages in my ward and looking out over another to see it dark.”

In line with house prices far out of reach of many locals the South Hams also has the highest number of second homes in Devon with 3,995. However, South Hams District Council recently announced it will receive £1.8 million in community housing funds from central government to offset the effects of this, which will help deliver homes through community initiatives like South Brent Community ...

But while SHDC councillors want to ring-fence the money for housing in the area, which has the worst affordability ratio in the South West, there are now fears DCC will not spend any of the money on building affordable homes.