The phrase "hostel space" is a commonly used phrase, particularly when talking about travel or accommodation.
For example, "I was able to find a fairly cheap hostel space for my trip to London."
The centre seems to do everything: it helps homeless young people source hostel spaces, offers education and training programmes, counselling, health advice and cookery, arts and drama workshops.
Homelessness in the capital has risen by 55% since 2010, according to the charity St Mungo's, and rising rents and scarce hostel spaces are exacerbating the problem.
"But the worry is that if we close so many of the city's hostel spaces then potentially there will be people back on the streets.
Since our study started there has been some limited expansion in DOTS-plus provision, including some hostel spaces, which reduces accommodation costs, and minimum treatment duration is now 20 months, but the great majority of patients still need to relocate for nearly two years.
Shelter claims that its methodology has "for the very first time" revealed "the true scale of homelessness" by adding up those DCLG numbers, others from social services departments secured through Freedom of Information requests and more on hostel bed spaces for single people gathered at Homeless Link.
From Nomadhouse's abundant co-living spaces in Europe, Asia, South America, the US and Africa, to the popularity of hostel co-working space Construkt in Banaglore and Roam's covetable spaces in Bali, Miami and Madrid – these short-term co-living spaces are taking off.
The open-plan, fully equipped kitchen and stylish living room (stick on a DVD of your choice) offer a modern take on the traditional hostel's communal space.
As well as the cheap meals, and great communal kitchen, the hostel has cosy communal spaces for reading, browsing the vinyl collection and generally settling down.
But the team behind Freehand Miami, the cool new hostel now inhabiting the historic space, has pulled it off, enlivening the place with a modern aesthetic and a hipster-friendly edge.
