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York council considers shipping containers to house rough sleepers

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 26 Oct, 16:31 · Archive

York council is exploring housing rough sleepers in converted shipping containers and garages as part of efforts to get people off the streets. A council report discussed on Monday, 26 October stated officials would need to look beyond traditional ways of housing people, with 1,387 applications for accommodation live as of mid-October.

The report attributed the issue partly to factors including the ease of access to York via its train station, which lacks ticket barriers on mainline platforms, and the city's tourism industry. Half of the 25 people sleeping rough in York during 2025/6 had no local connections, according to council figures. The council's Labour administration previously said more recent counts showed no one with a local connection to York was sleeping rough in the city, but the report stated the growth in outsiders from elsewhere was increasingly impacting services.

York received £483,000 in government funding after Prime Minister Andy Burnham said in August he wanted to get everyone sleeping rough off the streets by Christmas. The council is part of a three-year funding scheme, with a further £432 million in government funding set to be unveiled by Chancellor John Healey in his Budget on 28 October.

York council considers shipping containers to house rough sleepers
Image: The Press (York)

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