Guinness Trust

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The Guinness Trust is a British charitable housing association established in the late 19th century to provide affordable homes and improve living conditions for the urban poor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf charitable trust
housing association
registered provider of social housing
associatedWith Guinness brewery fortune NERFINISHED
charitableStatus registered charity in England and Wales
country United Kingdom
focusesOn low-income households
urban areas
foundedBy 1st Earl of Iveagh NERFINISHED
Edward Cecil Guinness NERFINISHED
foundedFor working-class tenants
foundedInPeriod late 19th century
fundingSource philanthropic endowment
rental income
hasActivity community investment programmes
development of new affordable homes
estate management
hasBeneficiaries people on low incomes
social housing tenants
vulnerable people in need of housing support
hasMission to provide good quality homes and neighbourhoods
hasSubsidiary Guinness Partnership NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation London NERFINISHED
historicalActivity construction of model dwellings in London
historicalType Victorian philanthropic housing trust
inception 1890
industry property management
social housing
legalForm charitable trust
locatedIn England
Wales
namedAfter Guinness family NERFINISHED
nonProfitStatus not-for-profit organisation
operates affordable rental homes
housing for older people
supported housing schemes
operatesAs Guinness Partnership NERFINISHED
owns social housing properties
purpose improvement of living conditions for the urban poor
provision of affordable housing
regulator Charity Commission for England and Wales NERFINISHED
Regulator of Social Housing (England) NERFINISHED
sector voluntary housing sector
serviceArea England NERFINISHED
Wales NERFINISHED

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Edward Cecil Guinness founded Guinness Trust
1st Earl of Iveagh founded Guinness Trust
subject surface form: Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh