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Bristol consults on plan to convert council homes into temporary homeless accommodation
Over a year, 216 homes could be made available as temporary accommodation
Bristol City Council has put forward a plan to convert 18 council homes each month into temporary accommodation to house people facing homelessness.
On Tuesday, the local authority launched a consultation on the proposal, noting that with the increase in households needing temporary accommodation and rising costs, “we need to find new ways to provide more temporary accommodation that is more affordable.”
As of March 31 this year, the latest government data shows that in Bristol, 1,541 households were living in temporary accommodation. This is an increase from the 1,242 households in temporary accommodation at the same time last year.
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