Turns out the proposed policy might only apply to owners of more than 10 properties, so hardly relevant to holiday-home owners. But it’s not clear. Anyway, it’s not really a policy, just posturing.
The draft law itself puts the time limit at 2 years standing empty, but is running into lots of flack from all sides. Banks and builders say it’s badly drafted and impractical, with no resources for implementation, on the left they say it doesn’t go far enough.