27 NEW DEVELOPMENTS
Shipping containers can be useful in an emergency
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new innovative emergency accommodation development was officially opened recently in Ealing, London; providing a new option for under-resourced councils.
The 34 apartment development was created using a kit of moveable
and reusable parts, based around re-purposed shipping containers, offering a sustainable, robust, affordable and flexible solution to short-term accommodation. Reportedly the first of its kind, Marston Court has been created by ISO
spaces in partnership with QED Property, Cargotek and Ealing Council. The need for immediate accommodation across England is growing, with
nearly 15,000 households in the last quarter of 2016 considered homeless and more than 75,000 households last year in temporary accommodation, up 10 per cent from the previous year. In London, the situation is particularly acute, with 53,370 household’s
homeless and 2293 in Ealing alone. Emergency accommodation in Ealing has become critical, with a steady decline in the availability of suitable options. Ealing council has found it increasingly difficult to provide in- borough temporary accommodation. The opening of Marston Court is intended to improve this. Marston Court is a joint development by QED Sustainable Urban
Developments and social housing repairs and maintenance provider Mears Group. CargoTek, a specialist supplier of sustainable and flexible spaces,
provided the modular accommodation manufactured by ISO Spaces at their production facility in Cornwall. The development, which is located on Bordars Walk, Ealing, sits on a
previously disused brownfield site that attracted fly tipping and anti-social activity. The development, which brings vacant land back into productivity through interim use, will help those in immediate need of emergency accommodation, including young families and low-income individuals. In order to house up to 72 people, the development comprises four
pavilions with 34 secure, ready to move in, fully furnished apartments, a management office, laundry and refuse storage. The site is built to Secured by Design principles and landscaped with open outside spaces including a play area. Gregg Curtis, founder/director, ISO Spaces, commented: “Homelessness
is an issue that is always critical at any scale. We need to design and develop more solutions to these issues.” Councillor Jasbir Anand, cabinet member for housing at Ealing Council,
believes “radical thinking” is needed to face Ealing’s “massive” housing crisis. He said: “The Marston Court development is just one of a number of
projects that we are undertaking to repurpose underused brownfield sites and transform them into assets that benefit out local community in as cost- effect a way as possible.”
EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION IN EALING HAS BECOME CRITICAL, WITH A STEADY DECLINE IN THE AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE OPTIONS
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