Boost TA exceeds residential building regulations with modular temporary housing design
Northampton-based Boost TA is offering an innovative solution to local authorities’ growing requirement for quality temporary housing, offering a cost-effective alternative to extended stays in hotels and B&Bs or private rented accommodation.
Boost’s purpose-built modular accommodation units combine high performance with practical, value-engineered design, making them the first of their kind to have been designed and manufactured to meet and exceed all building regulations for residential use.
Unlike many forms of temporary accommodation, they meet today’s rigorous standards for residential use - designed from the outset to function as homes rather than as alternative short-term stopgaps.
The units avoid common issues such as damp and poor energy efficiency, which are common in older housing stock or adapted commercial use units and structures. They also offer the potential to be used as longer-term rental accommodation, enabling councils to recover costs within a relatively short period.
Giles Donovan, co-founder of Boost TA, explains: “We set out to fundamentally reimagine the design of modular accommodation, to achieve residential status rather than the lower hotel classification. Working with the manufacturer, we explored the smartest and most effective design solutions to create a model that delivers both excellent value and high quality for local authority clients.”
This approach to addressing homelessness, combined with a lack of suitable, cost-effective accommodation that can be quickly deployed, has driven growing demand from councils seeking rapid, high-quality solutions.
Boost is currently underway manufacturing 108 units at its Yorkshire facility, which will be delivered to an East Midlands local authority in July.