Wednesday, 10 March 2010

'Not to Let' in Manzil Way

Whilst doing an OxClean litter pick in Manzil Way on Saturday it was pointed out to me that the top floor of the new NHS building is vacant.

This building was financed under PFI - the Labour government's 'Private Finance Initiative' - in other words, privatised under what we in the Greens have taken to calling 'The Mortgage From Hell'.

The top floor was meant to be 20 flats for key workers; four years on, and it's still vacant space. The café on the corner of the building, which presumably hoped to draw custom from the residents, seems to have folded.

Even though this is supposedly an NHS facility, noone seems to know which shadowy organisations own it, or under what terms. Surely the key worker accommodation was part of the deal? In which case, how is it that it isn't happening?

If anyone knows the answer . . .

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