Purpose

Prisoners Building Homes (PBH) unlocks land to
deliver affordable, high-quality, low carbon, eco-friendly,
sustainable homes nationally.
PBH creates job opportunities for serving prisoners and prison
leavers to enable them to turn their lives around and reduce the
cycle of reoffending
PBH started out as a pilot scheme in South West England. Funded by
five Police and Crime Commissioners and the One Public Estate
programme, which is managed by the Cabinet Office, the Local
Government Association, and the Department of Levelling Up, Housing
and Communities.
Bristol City Council is already working with PBH on a number of
Temporary Accommodation and Supported Housing Projects the first of
which will complete later in 2024 and will provide 6 self contained
temporary accommodation homes to assist in addressing our TA
requirements.
PBH is able to offer support and funding to the value of £10k
per home for pre development costs to derisk and bring forward
sites.

Content

To agree that officers can make an application
to Prisoners Building Homes for support to derisk small sites for
the delivery of Temporary Accommodation and Supported
Housing.