William Eichler 15 May 2025

Councils urged to ringfence housing for women prison leavers

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Local authorities should ringfence a proportion of their supported housing units for women released from prison, a new report says.

A London Assembly report has found a chronic shortage of affordable and safe housing for women leaving prison, particularly after the closure of the women-only prison HMP Holloway in 2016.

The Housing Committee report also warned council failures, and inconsistent practice across prisons, the London Probation Service and London boroughs is creating ‘a crisis for women leaving prison.’

It urges councils and housing associations to ringfence supported housing units for women released from prison and calls on the Mayor to implement a standardised, pan-London training programme to improve housing support for women prison leavers.

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