A Tasmanian homelessness charity has removed two mobile trailers containing sleeping pods for people sleeping rough after being told it didn't have permission to put them there, in the latest tussle with the local council.
Homeless ness charity Strike It Out has been told by Launceston City Council to remove two mobile trailers containing " sleeping pods " and showers from the streets of Launceston . Launceston council says the charity has not yet addressed "safety and wellbeing" requirements.
The completed trailers sat empty at Strike It Out's warehouse for over a year, where they've now been returned to.But the charity said it had to remove both trailers on Saturday after the council said they would need to go."Where is the humanity for our community members?" the charity posted.In the past seven days, Launceston's average overnight minimum temperature was 0 degrees Celsius, and the charity said a solution was desperately needed for the icy winter temperatures.
"I think if everyone can get on board with keeping it a bit quieter too so the houses across the street don't hear it as much," he said."The sleeping pods were great," he said.Connor and his father have been staying at the spot in Invermay for about a month and a half. "Strike it Out has consistently blamed the City of Launceston for delays to the rollout of its shower and sleeping pod trailer project, despite the council clearly articulating the simple steps required to progress these initiatives," Acting Mayor Hugh McKenzie said.
"In the meantime we are not confident that the safety and wellbeing of potential sleep pod users is sufficiently addressed by Strike It Out due to the lack of updated documentation and it is on this basis we have asked for the trailers to be removed," he said.
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