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Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Regulator of Social Housing

Apr. 17 2024

Source Page: History of private finance into the sector
Document: History of private finance into the sector (webpage)

Found: A brief history While Almshouses had been first provided to the poor, old or distressed from the 10th

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Apr. 06 2024

Source Page: Right to Buy: a guide for local authorities
Document: Right to buy: a guide for local authorities (PDF)

Found: • Almshouses – Schedule 1 of the Act.

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mar. 06 2024

Source Page: Social housing lettings in England, April 2022 to March 2023
Document: (ODS)

Found: Private Registered Provider (PRP) 346 316 8 18 4 0 0 2022/23 Dixons Almshouses Private Registered Provider

Written Question
Almshouses: Right to Buy Scheme
Tuesday 23rd January 2024

Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to prevent almshouses from being sold under right to buy; and if he will take steps to help ensure that their status will be protected.

Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

Almshouse accommodation is not eligible for the Right to Buy.

Select Committee
2024-01-22 16:15:00+00:00

Oral Evidence Jan. 22 2024

Inquiry: The finances and sustainability of the social housing sector
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (Department: Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities)

Found: providers of some form of social housing registered with us tend to be very small ; they tend to be almshouses

Select Committee
2024-01-22 16:15:00+00:00

Oral Evidence Jan. 22 2024

Inquiry: The finances and sustainability of the social housing sector
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (Department: Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities)

Found: providers of some form of social housing registered with us tend to be very small; they tend to be almshouses

Deposited Papers

Jan. 03 2024

Source Page: I. National planning policy framework. December 2023. Incl. Annexes. 77p. II. Government response to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy consultation. 6p. III. Planning policy for traveller sites, August 2015. 12p.
Document: HMG_response_to_LURB_reforms_to_national_planning_policy.docx (webpage)

Found: easier for organisations that are not Registered Providers – in particular, community-led developers and almshouses

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Homes England

Dec. 11 2023

Source Page: Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026 summary
Document: (Excel)

Found: Housing Market AreaBassetlawAlmshouse Consortium LtdSloswicke's Almshouse Charity343021077935Sloswickes Almshouses

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Dec. 01 2023

Source Page: DCMS annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023
Document: DCMS annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023: print version (PDF)

Found: operational heritage assets of £25.0m at cost as at 31 March 2023 (31 March 2022: £25.3m) relating to Almshouses

Written Question
Almshouses: Regulation
Monday 18th September 2023

Asked by: Stephen Timms (Labour - East Ham)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has plans to bring forward secondary legislation on the regulation of almshouses.

Answered by Rachel Maclean

I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to my answer to Question UIN 194656 on 24 July 2023.