Find out about vehicle dwellers and where Bristol vehicle dwellers live.
About vehicle dwellers
Vehicle dwellers can include:
- people living in converted vans, caravans or motorhomes
- individuals experiencing homelessness who use vehicles as shelter
- travellers or nomadic communities
Vehicle dwellers are not the same as Ethnic Travellers (Gypsy Roma Travellers).
People live in vehicles for different reasons.
These include:
- a lack of affordable housing
- moving on from street homelessness
- moving around for work
Vehicle dwellers are a developing community. The number of vehicle dwellers in Bristol has grown significantly in recent years, bringing new challenges with it.
Where Bristol's vehicle dwellers live
Bristol has over 600 lived-in vehicles in the city.
These are on:
- council operated meanwhile sites
- the kerbside
- private sites
- squatted encampments