article_snippet.sent: The well-off buying up homes in tourist hotspots has also driven up property values, leaving local people priced out of the areas where they grew up.
article_snippet.sent: The levy would be used in part to deter people from buying holiday homes in the first place, but the money generated could be used to support schools, post officers and other services which can become unviable without sufficient permanent residents.
article_snippet.sent: Andrew George told reporters that the levy was not aimed at stopping people buying a holiday property.
article_snippet.sent: I think if that is increased to £2,000 or a bit more, is that going to stop they buying it in the first place?
highlights_snippet.sent: Ten per cent of homes in parts of Cornwall are only used for holidays .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Local young people priced out and services struggle to survive .