Plans by the Salvation Army to convert a terraced house in Penzance into a hostel for the homeless have angered local residents. The movement wants to invest �500,000 in the eight-bed unit in Penare Road.
But neighbours are afraid the hostel will increase crime, noise and disruption and say the Christian group has chosen the wrong site.
Army workers say they will appeal if Penwith District Council turns down their application on Tuesday.
Personal safety
Army spokesman Adrian Prior-Sankey said the eight clients would be supervised 24 hours a day.
Geoff Kitchener, a field worker and housing adviser for the charity Shelter, said he felt the residents' fears were misplaced.
"Personal safety could be affected by a house full of single young men with a non-resident landlord who has no control over their actions.
"That is what they have got in that area at the moment.
"In a unit such as that being proposed by the Salvation Army you would have two full-time staff who can control what goes on in the house to a certain degree, which is surely a better option."
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