Written questions

Almshouses: Finance

Commons · Question 46283 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 28 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Manuela Perteghella

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to allow almshouses to access housing-related grants.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 28 Apr 2025

Almshouse charities can bid for grant funding from the Affordable Homes Programme if they are registered social housing providers, subject to oversight by the Regulator of Social Housing. 264 out of 1,600 almshouses charities have already taken this step.