direct to your inboxShipping containers could be transformed into new homes for rough-sleepers as part of a move to tackle homelessness in Manchester.Homeless charity Embassy plans to create 40 modular homes to form a new village on a derelict city centre site.The innovative scheme will help homeless and vulnerable men get back on their feet by giving them a safe place to stay and support with life-skills.The scheme aims to help residents find full-time work and eventually move on to privately rented accommodation.If plans are approved the Embassy Village will be built on a derelict site below the railway arches between the Bridgewater Canal and River Irwell.The village, the first 'housing first' development in the UK, would include a.
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