Block on sale to outsiders.A WOMAN selling her former council house has had the sale blocked because the buyers are not from the local area. Cilla Connor was in the process of selling her home in mid Wales Mid Wales is the name given to the area of Wales between North Wales and South Wales. It borders England via the Welsh Marches to the east and the Irish Sea via Cardigan Bay to the west (West Wales is to the south-west). to a couple from Hampshire Hampshire, county (1991 pop. 1,511,900), 1,503 sq mi (3,893 sq km), S central England. Winchester is the county town. The terrain is undulating and is crossed by two chalk downs, rising in places to more than 800 ft (244 m). when she was told by the council that she could only sell it to someone who had lived or worked in the area for at least three years. The policy aims to keep property affordable for local people by preventing an influx of outsiders pushing up prices. Mrs Connor, 62, said she felt she was being forced to stay in the property against her will by the rule. She bought the property for pounds 15, 000 in Pennal, near Machynlleth, Gwynedd, in 1982 with her husband, John, who has since died. She had been in the process of selling it to Gill gill, in weights and measures gill, in weights and measures: see English units of measurement. and Zuhair Chalabi for pounds 240, 000 when the problem arose. Mrs Connor said: ``I feel as though the council is tying me to this house. ``This is a breach of my human rights and I feel as though I am being forced to live here against my will. '' Mr and Mrs Chalabi have already sold their own property in Winchester and are now living in bed and breakfast accommodation. |
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