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Bristol Post
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Estel Farell Roig

Imperial Apartments example of 'deeply worrying substandard accommodation', says Karin Smyth MP in the House of Commons

One of the city's MPs is so worried about living conditions at a former office block in south Bristol she has raised the issue in Parliament.

In January, Bristol South MP Karin Smyth asked the council to stop housing families with children at Imperial Apartments, adding that all the families it has already housed at the controversial complex should be moved out as soon as possible. The Lib Dems then joined the calls, with one councillor urging Bristol City Council "to take responsibility".

Last month, Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees announced the council is to pause housing families with children there, admitting there are "some challenges" at the site. The mayor wouldn't say whether the existing families at the site would be moved out, but that the review will look into this.

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