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Almshouses: Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to bring almhouses into the definition of affordable housing.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
9 Oct 2024
Target answer date
14 Oct 2024
Answer
18 Oct 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to bring almhouses into the definition of affordable housing.

  2. 14 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Our consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework sought views on whether changes are needed to the definition of ‘affordable housing for rent’ to make it easier for organisations that are not Registered Providers, including a...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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