Durham Aged Mineworkers' Homes Association
Charitable housing association providing homes for retired County Durham mineworkers and their families.
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Timeline for Durham Aged Mineworkers' Homes Association
One downgrade in twenty housing grades
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Durham Aged Mineworkers' Homes Association is a charitable housing association providing homes for retired County Durham mineworkers and their families. The Regulator of Social Housing downgraded it from G1 to G2 on governance in its 29 July 2026 round of regulatory judgements, and gave it a first consumer grade of C2, while it retained the top V1 grade on financial viability .
The Regulator of Social Housing publishes governance, consumer and viability grades for registered providers as part of its routine oversight. A G2 grade means the regulator found a governance weakness serious enough to record, without judging the landlord unable to meet its obligations to tenants.
The retained V1 viability grade matters most for tenants: it signals the association's finances are sound even where a governance issue has been flagged, so the downgrade is a compliance finding rather than a solvency warning.