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Exeter City Council, GB builds Sidwell Studios to address housing shortage for young residents

Exeter City Council, GB Sidwell Studios Young Residents

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City officials are working with YMCA Exeter to convert an abandoned warehouse into a 26-unit apartment community. These affordable studios are intended for young adults who represent a significant portion of housing waitlists. Sidwell Studios hosts job training from St. Sidwell's Community Centre as well as a communal garden. Exeter is working with the local police's Designing Out Crime unit on measures like bike lockers and cameras to protect residents.

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Providing affordable homes for local young people - Exeter City Council News

YMCA Exeter and Exeter City Council, alongside Homes England, are launching a joint venture to tackle Exeter’s 1-bed housing crisis by taking an abandoned warehouse in Acland Road - near the city centre - and converting it into 26 self-contained studio apartments.

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Abandoned warehouse could provide answer to Exeter housing crisis - Devon Live

New development Sidwell Studios will be ready for residents to move into by the end of the year

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