Affordable Housing: Almshouses and Charities

(asked on 29th May 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending the definition of affordable housing in the National Planning Policy Framework to include charitable housing providers and almshouses.


Answered by
Matthew Pennycook Portrait
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
This question was answered on 8th June 2026

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 123092 on 31 March 2026.

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