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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Bristol city council to give van dwellers temporary sites in affluent areas

Two caravans in a field
Caravans on the Downs, a wealthy area close to the Clifton suspension bridge, in 2024. Photograph: Karen Robinson/The Observer

Bristol city council has vowed to open temporary sites for people who live in vehicles in some of the most affluent neighbourhoods rather than trying to shift them to more deprived areas.

The Green-led authority is aiming to provide 250 pitches on “meanwhile sites” – often plots of land about to be developed – for vehicle dwellers by the spring.

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