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Construction begins on pods for Bristol’s homeless in car park
Construction has begun on a number of pods that will become temporary accommodation for people facing homelessness in Bristol.
The housing scheme will see eight single-person modular homes built on Derby Street car park, off Church Road in St George.
Each ‘pod’ will be fully furnished with an electric hob, fridge, washing machine and a change of clothes.
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Bristol City Council is working with Places for People on the scheme, and it is hoped the homes will provide supported move-on accommodation for people facing homelessness.
Plans for the site were approved in April and construction has now begun on the site, which faces onto a nursery.
The homes will provide supported accommodation for people facing homelessness – image: BTPW
The Derby Street car park behind the Fire Engine pub on Church Road is just a stone’s throw away from the award-winning Hope Rise development that saw ZED pod homes on stilts built above the Chalks Road car park by St George Park.
Dubbed Project Malachi, the housing scheme is named after a boy who donated the £5 he received from the tooth fairy to the Salvation Army in Ilford to do something for people facing homelessness.
The housing scheme would take up part of the car park, with “the majority” of spaces retained for parking. The plan is to heat the homes with a low-energy air-source heat pump that would keep bills to £5 per week for residents.
Main photo: Mia Vines Booth
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