A former Newquay hotel is set to provide residential accommodation at the end of March to help ease the housing crisis in the town.

The owners of Mor on Mount Wise are providing 32 affordable newly-refurbished en-suite rooms for working individuals, couples and one-parent families.

Monique Collins, the manager of DISC Newquay, which helps people in need, has been recruited to book people into the aparthotel. 

The scheme is aimed at people who do not receive help from Cornwall Council because they work. 

They can book to stay for two months and extend their stay for however long they want.

The scheme has proved so popular the accommodation is already full and people have gone on a waiting list.

Many residents have become homeless after being evicted by home-owners who can make more money through holiday letting rather than through long-term renting. 

The situation has worsened as landlords have found the increase in their mortgages and insurance has made it unviable to let, so are selling up. 

Some say property owners are deciding not to rent out properties as they will find it harder to evict tenants due to section 21 evictions being abolished by the government.

The housing problem has been exacerbated by increasing numbers of people wanting to live in Newquay since being permitted to work from home. 

Businesses have struggled to find staff due to a lack of housing available in the town. 

Monique Collins said: “I have managed to get a fantastic working relationship up and running with a gent who owns properties around Newquay already.

“I am now in charge of helping him to house individual people, couples and one-parent families. Dogs will be allowed. 

“Strict rules will be in place as this select hotel, as we call it, will not tolerate parties or loud people.

“It’s an opportunity of a lifetime and I am working with one of our top hotels so we can secure accommodation for employees.

“There’s currently a waiting list and there’s limited spaces available.

“It will be a 32 shared bed house. All bills included with rooms from £500 to £700 a month. 

People can book in for two months at a time and stay for a year or however long. They just renew every month. 

“Believe me it will be run as clockwork, and I won’t put up with nonsense.

“People have to be a local and in employment. Anyone coming from outside needn’t bother asking. Sorry but I really feel we need to look after our own people right now. 

“Sorry we won’t be accepting anyone on benefits as this has to be helping those that receive no help at all from our council just because they work.

“I will need proof of people being a local of course. 

“So anyone who moved to Bristol, Plymouth or anywhere else wanting to come back this is not for them. This is for our locals here at the moment struggling to live.

“I can’t help but ask if we can do this, why can’t our council?”