Almshouses: Affordable Housing
Commons · Question 31178 · Tabled 12 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reclassifying Almhouses as social housing and allowing them to apply for S106 funding.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 24 Feb 2025
As part of the recent consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework, the government sought views on whether changes were needed to the definition of ‘affordable housing for rent’ to make it easier for organisations that are no...