The council said the project was only possible due to a government subsidy which made a payment for every unit of electricity generated by solar panels.
Jenel Lee, who owned a one-bedroom condominium in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood, received a postcard in the mail earlier this year from Sam Bryan, an agent representing a buyer that was ready to make an offer with a 50% down payment on a unit like hers.
Governments have appropriated the monetary unit for their own benefit by declaring it the only preferred monetary unit for payment of taxes to the State.
The layoffs are a result of Lloyds' takeover of mortgage lender HBOS last year, and the bank said most of the cuts would take place in its operations unit, including IT and collections and payment services.