Readers letters
There are empty three- and four-bedroom flats near Pentonville Prison
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Help end empty homes so we can support homeless
Morag Gillie, co-chair, Islington Homes for All, writes:
I am writing as co-chair of Islington Homes for All at the start of our campaign against empty homes.
In 2019 the Islington Gazette covered the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) snub to Islington Council’s attempts to lease 29 three- and four-bedroom flats near Pentonville Prison to accommodate homeless families.
The MoJ ruled out selling its Roman Way units, which have been empty for 29 years, to the borough with more than 14,000 people on its council house waiting list.
I have no idea what we can do but I feel so strongly about this I thought I’d email. A few people are spoiling the Heath for the many. To be honest, if it takes a ban on picnics and drinking to stop it then I’d be in support of such draconian measures if people cannot exercise the simple courtesy of taking their rubbish with them or depositing it in one of the many rubbish bins provided.
If you have received any other letters on this and/or there is something I can do to help stop this antisocial, selfish behaviour then I’d be glad to know.
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