Inserting a non-breaking space in a @Html.DisplayFor when data is null or empty? ASP.Net MVC

Question

I have a need to insert a   via @HTML.DisplayFor when the backing model's value is null or empty.

I've tried using data annotations

 [DisplayFormat(ConvertEmptyStringToNull = true, NullDisplayText =" " ]
    public string  MiddleName { get; set; }

which does work to stick a " " where I expect it but I need to put a non-breaking space there instead.

Answer 1

This works for me:

NullDisplayText = @" ", HtmlEncode = false