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Container City

December 06 2009
Homeless move-on project takes shape
Representatives from a number of homeless organisations have visited Container City (pictured), in the south of England, to discuss a pilot project to use containers as move-on accommodation. Housing Justice is forming a consortium that will include the skills necessary for any successful building project; the group will have expertise in land, finance, planning, construction, housing management and tenant support. The charity has already been offered 10 containers and now has feelers out for building sites. Alison Gelder, chief executive, said: "Our Container City concept offers a solution to homelessness. Housing Justice is planning a showcase small development that will demonstrate that rehousing homeless people can be done swiftly and cheaply." The cost of producing well-insulated, spacious, double-glazed accommodation using decommissioned containers is dramatically lower than with conventional building methods. The units are also mobile and easy to dismantle, so if the lease on a site expires, they can be installed on a different site within a day.
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