Councils can provide greater support to new almshouses through Right to Buy

The Almshouse Association welcomes the Government’s announcement granting more freedom to local councils on how they spend funds raised through Right to Buy. Local councils can spend the money raised on housing which is at affordable and social rent level, something which The Almshouse Association believes should be used to help develop new, genuinely affordable almshouses.

By choosing almshouses, local councils can help contribute to national housing targets of providing 300,000 new homes a year by the mid-2020s and also ensure that there is a permanent source of genuinely affordable housing in their community. There is growing momentum to see greater levels of truly affordable housing, particularly for groups such as key workers. We must use this momentum, and greater funding to provide a new generation of affordable homes, with almshouses at its heart. 

Posted 24 March 21