Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community & Children’s Services.

The Committee received a report of the Director of Community & Children’s Services regarding the Gresham Almshouses. Members were advised of the recent decision taken by the Community & Children’s Services Committee regarding the redevelopment of Mais House as lifetime homes prioritised for older people, and noted that officers would be supporting the current 53 residents at Mais House to move to alternative accommodation over the next 2 – 3 years. Officers confirmed that, although this might include City of London Almshouses, Mais House residents would not necessarily qualify for additional priority for the Gresham Almshouses.

The Chairman thanked members of the Committee for attending the Hamper visit in December and requested that an additional visit be arranged, preferably in the summer, so more Members would be able to attend and meet Almshouses residents. The Chief Commoner suggested that a representative from the London Borough of Lambeth also be invited to such a visit.

RESOLVED – That the Town Clerk facilitate an additional visit to the Almshouses, and the report be noted.