BREAKING NEWS The Association has been keeping pressure on the Government to review the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and update the definition of affordable housing to include unregistered almshouse charities.   At a meeting with Civil Servants, backed by...

Almshouse Resilient Communities (ARC) for the Future project The Almshouse Resilient Communities (ARC) for the Future project enhances research on the resilience of the almshouse model, providing further evidence of its positive impact on residents' well-being. It highlights why almshouses...

The Regulator of Social Housing has published the annual review of its consumer regulation work for the past year On the 17th July 2024 The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) published the annual review of its consumer regulation work for...

Congratulations to The Almshouse Association Award winners The Awards Panel is delighted to announced the five recipients of this year’s awards for work completed in 2023. Weston Consolidated Charity, Spalding Two single-storey, one-bedroomed, bungalows (with a car parking area and...

The Almshouse Association held its 73rd Annual General Meeting on Thursday 27 June 2024. Please see our summary below: Association Chairman, Willie Hartley Russell (WHR) presented an update on the current position of The Almshouse Association (TAA). He outlined the...

The Almshouse Association was thrilled to see the article on almshouses, written by Arabella Youens published in The Telegraph on 13 July 2024. The article includes quotes from Association CEO, Nick Phillips as well as almshouse residents such as Geraldine...

Policy and Governance Update from The Almshouse Association Recognition as Affordable Housing Key Messages - In our mission to see the almshouse model recognised as the exemplar form of community housing, we firstly need to have almshouses recognised as proper...