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Owners of holiday homes and empty properties in Gwynedd will be charged double council tax from next month.
Councillors backed the increase in premium from the current 50% after being told it would raise an extra £3m a year for social housing.
More than one in ten houses in Gwynedd was now classed as a second home.
However, some councillors warned the move would lead to more people avoiding council tax by offering their property to let and classing it as a business.