A city council in East London is set to use a former guitar store to house 55 homeless families amid increasing financial pressures.
According to Havering Council, one of its biggest costs is temporary accommodation. By entering a 10-year lease on a commercial building that has been vacant since the guitar store closed in October, it hopes to save $12.31 million over the next decade. The plan is for this guitar store-turned-temporary accommodation to house families for periods between 12 and 24 months.
