Ministers in Wales are to be able to suspend the right to buy council houses in areas of chronic housing shortages.

It is part of housing powers being devolved from Westminster to Wales.

The legislative competence order (LCO), will allow the Welsh Assembly to legislate on a range of housing issues.

It said suspending right-to-buy would only be used in extreme cases, but there is some support for the move in areas short of affordable housing.

Average house prices in Pembrokeshire's national park are about £200,000, while a report has warned the population could fall by 12% over the next 20 years.

A lack of affordable housing is said to be partly to blame.

Councillor Michael Williams, who represents the seaside resort of Tenby, said: "It is desperate - I come across so many young people who just cannot afford a home."

Pembrokeshire council said there had been a marked decline in interest in right-to-buy in recent years.

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