Charity plans modular homes for young homeless

Doorstep chief officer Julie Walmsley said the housing would be the first of its kind in the region

A charity wants to turn a car park into housing for young homeless people in Grimsby.

Doorstep has applied for planning permission for modular homes to be built in the East Marsh area.

The four factory-built flats would be for young people who would be charged affordable rents, the charity said.

It would be the first such scheme in North East Lincolnshire.

Hodson Architects vision for the new modular housing in Grimsby's East Marsh

The modular housing would be built in a factory and then brought to the proposed site in Castle Street.

The charity told BBC Radio Humberside there is a huge lack of single person accommodation locally and rents in the private sector are escalating all the time.

Doorstep's chief officer Julie Walmsley said: "Young people are marginalised in the local housing market because private landlords have the pick of the crop and are less likely to offer a place to a young person under 25 and who might be out of work. Doorstep helps them over those hurdles."

Doorstep has been in Grimsby for 35 years and supports young people from various backgrounds to become independent.

The MP for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes, Melanie Onn, is supporting the project

The MP for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes, Melanie Onn, said she believed it would be a "landmark project".

"It is the first of its kind to work with a young person's homeless charity and will allow people to move on and gain their independence".

A consultation has begun into the plans.

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