00:00 Cardiff Council figures show that they have given almost £3 million worth of bills to
00:06 the owners of empty properties after plans came into effect last year to charge a premium
00:11 on empty buildings.
00:13 The plans were targeting getting empty properties back into use, hoping to combat the housing
00:18 emergency that is currently taking place in Cardiff, the council said.
00:22 The plans mean that properties that have been empty for more than a year will pay double
00:26 on their council tax, with properties empty for more than two years paying triple, and
00:30 those unoccupied for more than three years being charged four times the usual council
00:35 tax rates.
00:36 £2.9 million have been charged to the more than 800 empty properties in Cardiff, but
00:42 figures released by the council say that the number has not decreased dramatically since
00:46 the start of the plans.
00:48 Council figures show that 882 properties were charged for being unoccupied in April 2023,
00:53 but that number only dropped to 808 in January 2024.
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