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Commons Chamber
Social Housing: South Cotswolds - Tue 21 Oct 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Roz Savage (LD - South Cotswolds) Gentleman’s suggestion.I can imagine developments like almshouses in our market towns and villages: clusters - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Listed Places of Worship Scheme - Wed 22 Jan 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Tessa Munt (LD - Wells and Mendip Hills) There are also the city of Wells almshouses, which are home to some of our more vulnerable elderly citizens - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]
Report stage - Tue 18 Oct 2022
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) , to allow for the flexibility needed in a sector where you have diverse businesses, from small almshouses - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Housing for Older People - Tue 15 Mar 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (LAB - Life peer) Will she agree to come along to visit the United St Saviour’s almshouses that have been built on Southwark - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Building Safety Bill
2nd reading - Wed 02 Feb 2022
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bishops - Bishops) As he said in that debate,“from almshouses to housing associations, (the Church) has for centuries been - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Housing Strategy - Wed 24 Mar 2021
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (Bishops - Bishops) There is precedent also for the Church’s involvement in housing; from almshouses to housing associations - Speech Link
2: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (LAB - Life peer) I am very proud to be a trustee of the United St Saviour’s Charity, which has almshouses in Southwark - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Housebuilding - Tue 26 Jan 2021
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bakewell (LAB - Life peer) My Lords, many charitable housing providers such as almshouses—for which I am an ambassador—are very - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Coronavirus Outbreak: DWP Response - Thu 26 Nov 2020
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Danny Kruger (CON - Devizes) Secondly, it encouraged altruism and social responsibility by the wealthy through incentives to create almshouses - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Planning: Accessible Homes - Wed 04 Nov 2020
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Greenhalgh (CON - Life peer) My Lords, we recognise the importance of the almshouses and that they are growing at their fastest rate - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Almshouses - Thu 22 Oct 2020
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Greenhalgh (CON - Life peer) I recognise the important contribution made by almshouses in providing that kind of housing. - Speech Link
2: Lord Greenhalgh (CON - Life peer) I remember the Lygon Almshouses in my local authority. - Speech Link
3: Lord Mackay of Clashfern (CON - Life peer) My Lords, I am a vice-patron of the almshouses. - Speech Link
4: Lord Greenhalgh (CON - Life peer) My Lords, I have pointed out that there are 36,000 almshouses. - Speech Link
5: Lord Greenhalgh (CON - Life peer) We will listen carefully to all representations made, including those from almshouses. - Speech Link