Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 88824
Almshouses: Tenants' Rights
Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 13 November 2025
Named DayQuestion
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour — Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to bring almshouse residents’ rights in line with tenants' rights.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe legal position of almshouse residents is that they occupy their homes under a licence rather than a tenancy. The government has no current plans to change this. Almshouse residents have protections under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977. Where al...
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