The first 15 short-stay apartments for homeless people have been installed on a former council car park. A giant crane lifted each of the 12-tonne pods into position on top of a framework of steel podiums at the Henwood Industrial Estate car park in Ashford. The scheme, called ‘Fortis House’, features Ashford Borough Council’s (ABC) first net-zero carbon homes and will eventually see 23 units installed. The authority is delivering the project with Zed Pods, a British modular company, to design and build the homes. Council bosses successfully applied for money from Homes England for the scheme….