How Heartless Housing Chiefs Could Leave Pensioners Flat Broke ; Residents Face Being Left Homeless After Council Forces Them to Sell Up 'On the Cheap'

Mail on Sunday › February 17, 2005

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PENSIONERS are being forced to sell their homes for a third of their value after a council ordered an estate to be demolished to make way for new houses.

Angus Council is using its compulsory purchase powers to buy up scores of homes on the cheap leaving owners who bought them from the local authority unable to afford new ones.

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How Heartless Housing Chiefs Could Leave Pensioners Flat Broke ; Residents Face Being Left Homeless After Council Forces Them to Sell Up 'On the Cheap'

The SNP-controlled council is offering homeowners just Pounds 39,000 for their three-bedroom flats in an area where the average house price is mo...

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