<div dir="ltr"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:'PT Sans',sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;width:950px;color:rgb(89,77,77);line-height:18px"><h1 class="" itemprop="headline name" style="margin:0px 0px 0.25em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:3.69230769em;font-family:'PT Sans Narrow',sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(17,17,17);line-height:1;letter-spacing:-0.03em">Call for Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd housing to be returned to public ownership ahead of protest</h1></div><div class="" id="row1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div class="" style="margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;width:630px"><div class="" id="row1" style="color:rgb(89,77,77);font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:18px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;width:620px"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:solid solid none;border-top-color:rgb(224,224,224);border-right-color:rgb(224,224,224);border-left-color:rgb(224,224,224);font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><ul class="" style="margin:0px 0px 1.07142857em;padding:0.35714286em 0.71428571em;border:0px;font-size:1.07692308em;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;clear:both;float:none;overflow:hidden;line-height:1.28571429em;background:rgb(238,238,238)"><li class="" style="margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;padding:0px 10px 0px 0px;border-width:0px 1px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(215,215,215) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;color:rgb(108,92,92)"><a href="http://www.dailypost.co.uk/by-date/23-01-2015" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:11.5500001907349px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(90,100,102);text-decoration:none;outline-style:none">Jan 23, 2015 20:01</a></li><li class="" style="margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;padding:0px 10px 0px 0px;border:none;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(108,92,92);float:left">By <a class="" href="http://www.dailypost.co.uk/authors/hywel-trewyn/" rel="author" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:700;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none;outline-style:none">Hywel Trewyn</a></li></ul></div><div class="" itemprop="alternativeHeadline description" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><h2 class="" style="margin:0px 0px 7px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:100;font-size:1.30769231em;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(44,44,44);line-height:1.41176471em">A demonstration will be held in Caernarfon tomorrow against the housing association's decision to ditch a Welsh-language requirement for two jobs</h2></div><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><ul class="" style="margin:0px 0px 1.61538462em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;overflow:hidden;background:rgb(238,238,238)"><li class="" style="margin:0px 1.5em 0px 0px;padding:0px 0.75em;border:0px;font-size:1.53846154em;font-family:'PT Sans Narrow',sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;clear:none;line-height:2em;letter-spacing:0px;display:inline-block;float:left;width:auto;color:rgb(255,255,255);background:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">31</span> Shares</li><li class="" style="margin:0.05em 1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:1.53846154em;font-family:'PT Sans Narrow',sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;clear:none;line-height:1;letter-spacing:-0.03em;display:inline-block;float:left;width:auto;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a class="" title="Facebook" href="http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/call-cartrefi-cymunedol-gwynedd-housing-8508327#" style="margin:0.15em 0px 0px;padding:0px 1em 0px 0px;border-width:0px 1px 0px 0px;border-right-style:solid;border-right-color:rgb(208,208,208);font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(115,115,115);text-decoration:none;outline-style:none;display:block"><i class="" style=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