September 21, 2017
Home sweet micro home: sleep-testing a pod for the homeless
The sort of adjectives estate agents use to describe the tiniest of homes – compact, snug, bijou – do not really cover it.
But young people who have endured homelessness are jostling to become the first occupant of a unique “micro home” inspired by the layouts of luxury yachts and airline first-class cabins.
The iKozie, which measures 17.25 square metres, was craned into place in Worcester after being built off-site and has been carefully fitted out and furnished. Ahead of the keys being handed over to the first resident, the Guardian was given the chance to spend a night in the pod and meet some of those hoping to be selected to move in.