Homes for vulnerable adults next to Severn Trent 'HQ' sit empty - due to no water supply
A row of bungalows built to accommodate vulnerable adults in Shrewsbury are sitting empty because Severn Trent cannot provide adequate water pressure - despite the new homes being overlooked by one of the utility company's main works.
The specialist accommodation in the Coppice, Holyhead Road has been built by Wrekin Housing and designed to accommodate vulnerable adults and those with disabilities in the local area. The homes are a two-minute walk from Severn Trent's water tower and treatment works in Welshpool Road, Shelton.
Despite this, around 20 vulnerable adults have been waiting since February to move into their new apartments but the water company can't supply enough pressure to the homes to make them liveable.
Clare Charlesworth-Jones, whose 20 year-old-daughter Emma was meant to be moving into one of the bungalows, said she has been forced to have her daughter live with her along with her two carers.
She said: "She was in a residential home but left there for one of these bungalows and was meant to move in back in February.
