Strike it Out founder Kirsten Ritchie came up with the idea to create a mobile locker trailer three years ago.

"I was seeing a lot of people walking around with bags full of their possessions, which was resulting in their bodies being worn down from the weight," she said.

"It also meant their only property - essentially their entire life - was constantly exposed to the weather, as well as at risk of being stolen."

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In 2019, what Ms Ritchie witnessed on a daily basis prompted her to approach multiple charity organisations in the hope of setting up a mobile locker trailer on one of their many properties.

"We were denied again and again, so I decided to take it to council," she said.

A public consultation process initially set to be open for three months stretched into three years before a location was settled on, and permission to undertake a one-month trial was granted.

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That period was extended to two months and the council is now set to vote on whether the initiative will receive a year-long contract.

Since early February, the trailer has been positioned on the banks of the Tamar River at Royal Park, adjacent to the TasWater building.

Each of the facility's 24 lockers are opened with a key, which is given to homeless members of the community. Eight lockers are currently in use.

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They receive a free meal at the same location every Monday and Thursday night at 6pm.

There are bigger lockers for storing things like swags, sleeping bags, and blankets, as well as smaller ones designed to fit backpacks and food items and other compact possessions.

Ms Ritchie said the initiative had been received extremely well so far.

"It's like a new lease on life for some of them," she said.

"They're free to come and go as they please."

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On Sunday, a homeless man who preferred not to be named said the mobile locker trailers had provided him with a sense of security he had gone without for years.

"For a while, if I had to go anywhere where I couldn't take my bags, I would leave them in a bush and come back for them later, but most of the time someone would steal them," he said.

"What's in those bags are normally the only possessions I have at the time, so they really mean a lot to me."

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