The Bermuda Housing Corporation has sought planning permission to build 48 new residences in the East End and West End as work to address housing shortages continues.

The two projects, earmarked for Malabar Road, Sandys, and Tommy Fox Road, St David’s, would together create 36 new two-bedroom units and 12 three-bedroom units.

Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Housing and Municipalities, said in May that the Government aimed to create about 310 housing units within 18 months to address urgent housing needs.

The first of the two applications proposed creating 24 two-bedroom units on Malabar Road in Sandys at the former site of Albert Row.

The project would involve the construction of two three-storey buildings along with the creation of new parking bays and a playground.

Meanwhile, a new access to Malabar Road would be built and a bus lay-by in the area would be relocated.

The second project proposed the creation of 12 two-bedroom units and 12 three-bedroom units on Tommy Fox Road in St David’s.

The project would involve the construction of two three-storey buildings, one housing all of the two-bedroom units and the other all of the three-bedroom units, with the playground installed between them.

Infrastructure works would also include the creation of parking spaces along with retaining walls, communal waste facilities and a new access to Tommy Fox Road.

The Government announced in February that it hoped to bring between 950 and 1,350 housing units online by 2035.

As part of the first phase of the project, Mr DeSilva said more than 200 planned homes would be created at five sites including Victoria Place and Albert Row in Sandys, Tommy Fox Road and Channel House in St David’s and Dr Cann Park in Southampton.

These houses would be reserved for families on the BHC waiting list, as well as seniors on fixed incomes, single-parent households, young people looking for their own spaces and those dealing with homelessness.