MoJ Courts Trouble Over Future For Empty Homes

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is courting trouble over the future for former prison officer accommodation at a jail site in a prime London location. Right now, the jury’s out on the ‘alternative uses’ the Ministry has in mind for the 29 three- and four-bedroom flats behind the former HMP Pentonville that have stood empty for a decade. Islington Council has cited the urgent need for such homes in the borough as temporary accommodation. Councillors and council officers have had meetings with MoJ officials to encourage a leasing option. But when they thought the Ministry was coming back with a majority verdict, the Ministry merely wanted more time to assess those ‘alternative uses’. Read more on 24housing.

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