{"id":88143,"date":"2024-11-19T15:32:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=88143"},"modified":"2024-11-19T15:48:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:48:19","slug":"bute-street-shipping-containers-for-homeless-people-have-been-left-empty-since-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2024\/11\/19\/bute-street-shipping-containers-for-homeless-people-have-been-left-empty-since-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Bute Street shipping containers for homeless people have been left empty since March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The \u00a3780,000 development has been gathering moss and mould, as new figures reveal that homelessness in Wales is at a record high<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

SHIPPING containers turned into temporary accommodation for homeless people have been left empty since March, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bute Street site, which cost the Welsh government at least \u00a3780,000 to construct, is now gathering moss, mould and litter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This comes as homelessness in Wales reached a record high, according to figures released by the Welsh government yesterday.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of households assessed as homeless in Wales and needing accommodation stood at 13,539 in March 2024, an increase of 8% on the previous year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of households in temporary accommodation was up 18% on the previous year to 6,447, the highest figure reported since new legislation was introduced in April 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bute Street units were originally intended as temporary accommodation for families, but the FOI also revealed that not a single family has stayed there since they opened in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the pandemic it was repurposed for quarantining. Since then the site has become littered with rubbish, as well as having moss and mould growing over the site.<\/p>\n\n\n

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