3. The classes of person to whom local authorities may provide assistance by RHOG are individuals appraised by a local authority as having insufficient household income to obtain a suitable property for their and their household’s only or principal residence in a rural area on the grounds of cost, location or availability, where those individuals–
(a)are employed in or have received a formal offer of employment in that area;
(b)have resided in that area for more than a year and can demonstrate throughout that period a local or family connection with that area; or
(c)have resided in that area for more than a year and are unable to work due to age, long term sickness or disability.