From the archives: This story was last updated in April 2019.
“This could save lives,” shared one Newport resident, as the Welsh city at large welcomed “sleeping pods” in 2018: a duo of safe emergency accommodation for the city’s homeless community.Newport in Wales, like many major cities, faces a huge homelessness crisis, and the charity Amazing Grace Spaces unveiled two pods in October of 2018 after recording a peak in the number of Newport’s rough sleepers. A local businessman gave permission for the pods to be situated on land at the back of his site.
