RESIDENTS say they are shocked after learning their homes could be demolished.

Occupants of 100 prefabricated bungalows in York have been told that demolition is one of the options being considered by City of York Council.

The authority said the homes, which were only expected to last 30 years when they were built in the 1970s, were not up to modern standards.

Council officials will this week be visiting the residents of St Anne's Court and Regent Street, off Lawrence Street, and Faber Street and Richmond Street, in Heworth, to discuss possible options for the future of their homes.

Nora Crowhurst, a 73-year-old widow who suffers from angina and arthritis, said: "I dread to think how this could affect a lot of people around here. It could make them very ill. Quite a few of them are in shock and really very frightened."

The council said the bungalows could be refurbished at a cost of £28,000 per property, or demolished to allow new properties to be built on the site. Modernising would cost £2.8m.

Steve Waddington, the council's head of housing, said: "Although the bungalows are in need of modernisation, many people who live in them have been there for many years and are understandably attached to them.

"Unfortunately, leaving the houses as they are is simply not an option because of the national regulations."