Should the UK government ban second home ownership?

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Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2016 · News & Politics

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Home ownership in England has fallen to its lowest level in 30 years, fuelled by a growing gap between earnings and property prices. 

In some areas of Cornwall, which is one of Britain’s poorest areas, holiday homes account for more than 40 percent of properties, and that's pushed up prices.

Al Jazeera’s Emma Hayward reports from St Ives in southwest England.

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