Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 31178

Almshouses: Affordable Housing

Tabled: 12 February 2025
Answered: 24 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Alicia Kearns

ConservativeRutland and Stamford

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

Matthew Pennycook
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...

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