Manchester plans homeless beds in former housing office
The Alexandra Road housing and employment office is to be converted into 20 units for rough sleepers.
Manchester City Council has applied to itself for permission to redevelop the single-storey building, which is located next to the Windrush Millennium Centre.
A planning statement lodged with the application states that the single-storey nature of the building makes it ideal for redevelopment into temporary housing.
“This type of accommodation is a scarce resource and much needed by the homelessness service within the city as there is a shortage of adapted/accessible temporary accommodation to meet demand,” it states.
The facility would be staffed 24 hours a day and men and women using the service could stay for up to six months.
The scheme forms part of Manchester City Council’s efforts to increase the amount of homeless accommodation within the city and reduce the “prolonged and extremely costly use of unsuitable bed and breakfast accommodation for single adults”, the planning statement says.
To learn more, search for reference number 145287/VO/2026 on Manchester City Council’s planning portal.
