ALMSHOUSES

Almshouses

Almshouses

Introduction

The study is related to almshouses which are charitable housing provided to enable people to live in a particular community. Almshouses are often targeted to poor class of locality, at those from certain forms of previous employment, or their widows and are usually maintained by the trustees of a bequest or a charity.

Discussion

Almshouses were established in the larger towns of the United States in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to house and minimally sustain the most dependent parts of the population. Generally, their financial support and maintenance were the responsibility of local government. Known in different parts of the United ...