Local social housing providers have been shortlisted for awards at prestigious annual event.? Nottingham Community Housing Association is in the running to be named Best Supported Housing Landlord while Nottingham City Homes are shortlisted in 3 categories at this year?s UK Housing Awards: Neighbourhood Transformation, Campaign of the Year by an Council/ALMO & Resident Employment & Training Award (over 15,000 homes).? NCH are on a roll as they?ve also been shortlisted for three Tpas awards for tenant engagement working, including a lifetime achievement award.

Other RPs that operate in Nottingham including Housing 21, Anchor Hanover and Places for People are also up for at least one UKHA. Good luck everyone! Full shortlist here

Community-led housing is a growing and essential part of Nottingham?s housing offer. Housing shaped and controlled by its residents helps underpin sustainability of neighbourhood and maintains quality and affordability.

Find out more about existing schemes in the city and the emerging groups looking to expand community-led housing at the following event:

Community Led Housing in Nottingham Wednesday 26^th February 2020, 5.30-7.30pm Nottingham City Council offices, Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3NG

Hear from speakers from co-operatives, co-housing and self-help groups who will outline their successes, future plans and potential issues for the sector.? External organisations will also provide the regional picture and commitment of central government.?

To book a place email [email protected] or tel 0115 876 1561 For more information on community-led housing email [email protected], tel 0115 876 4458

Landlords and managing agents from across the city joined Nottingham City Council at their latest landlord forum last month. Attendees heard the latest on the council's three housing licencing schemes, while Cllr Linda Woodings gave an update on the council's pledge to improve the private rented sector in Nottingham and East Midlands Property Owners representative Giles Inman provided a legal update.

The event was finished off with a talk from the Joint Inspection team, working with Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service to look at fire safety in high-rise buildings.

Feedback from the event was good, with most landlords saying they want more regular contact with the council. Two Landlord and Managing Agent Liaison Groups are now being set up by the council to work closer with people in the sector; further details on these and a video link to all presentations from the forum will be available online later this week..

A new phase of award winning ?Energiesprong? renovation works that turn hard to heat council houses, managed by Nottingham City Homes, into ultra-low energy homes began last month.

Works are underway to make a further 17 properties in Sneinton warmer, more environmentally friendly and cheaper to heat, tackling both fuel poverty and carbon emissions issues locally.? The project will be rolled out to 138 council homes in the city with further phases being planned.?Read more here.

The Pelham waterside development alongside the River Trent is currently under construction and will be available from late summer.??

The 2 bed homes will be 50% owned/50% rent with Nottingham Community Housing Association letting the rented element.? The shared ownership model offers a great opportunity for households to get a foot on the housing ladder without having to take out the large mortgage it might need to buy outright.? Properties can be reserved off plan.

Find out more about about the new homes and eligibility here?

NCC Portfolio for Planning, Housing and Heritage Cllr Linda Woodings recently outlined her vision for boosting council and social housing over the next few years.

The council has an ambition to build or buy 1,000 council or social homes by the end of 2023 to help meet demand.? There is a priority for 2 and 3 bed family homes but the council recognises supply needs to be varied.?

Alongside the need for new homes the council also has an ambitious target to be a carbon neutral city by 2028, so are looking at how its new council housing can meet high standards of energy efficiency as well as improving the carbon footprint of its existing stock.? Full article here?

Nathan Tyson met with Gilbert who is 88 and an avid supporter of both NFFC and NCFC.? Deputy Manager created ?Make a Wish? for the residents at Sycamore House that could be anything from meeting a celebrity, going on an outing or bungee jumping!?

She contacted and explained that one of the residents had made a wish to meet a footballer who had played for one of the teams.? Within a week, they had arranged the visit, and Nathan Tyson, an English Professional footballer who has played for both teams visited Gilbert.

Well done Abbeyfield, for making a wish come true for a Nottingham resident! More here

Nottingham City Homes manages the city's council housing portfolio but they're not just about housing.? The organisation supports its residents in other areas of their lives to help them manage their lives and reach their potential.

All NCH tenants have access to its Tenant Academy through which a variety of learning opportunities and events can help tenants gain skills and experience to open up new opportunities, or just have some fun!? The January to June prospectus is out now - tenants can book onto many of the sessions via the Tenancy Academy Eventbrite page

Find out more about the academy here

Last week Nottingham City Council?s Housing Strategy team welcomed Anne-Marie Furnell into the team as acting Homelessness Strategy Manager.? Anne-Marie will be holding the fort for Rachael Harding while she takes time out to enjoy being a new mum.

Anne-Marie temporarily joins the team from the council?s Adult Services department and will be leading on the delivery of key priorities of the Nottingham Homelessness Prevention and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2019-2024.

Anne-Marie said ?My background is in Adult Social Care and I?m?looking forward to using my previous expertise and knowledge in order to tackle the issues relating to homelessness and rough sleeping?

We?d like to extend warm wishes to both ladies in their forthcoming ventures!

On 20^th January the Housing Aid service, who support households who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, moved into a new Customer Hub at Loxley House.?? The ground floor hub is also home to Nottingham Revenues and Benefits service, Jobcentre Plus and Nottingham Futures, bringing together related support services for Nottingham?s citizens.? ?Access to the hub is via a new accessible entrance from Trent Street.

For homelessness prevention information and advice, including an online self assessment tool, visit https://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/homelessness

Many of the city's rough sleepers are reluctant to engage with services but nevertheless have specific health needs to address.??

Now homelessness charity Emmanuel House are trying out a new approach to providing health care? with a new 'health bus' funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.

The bus is operated by health professionals, offering needle exchanges, blood-borne disease testing and sexual health screening.? The service will also act as a referral point to mainstream health professionals and it is hoped this will lead to engagement for further support to help them off the streets.

The project's partners include The Health Shop and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust's hepatology department. Full article here

The UK House Price Index for November 2019 showed Nottingham?s year on year house price growth starting to pick up after falling steadily since Spring.? The average price of a house in the city according to the index was ?147,667 ? up 1.0%.? This is lower than regional, national and county-wide growth.

The above being said, Nottingham?s house price buoyancy appeared to increase at the very end of the year with excellent prospects for growth.? Hometrack?s monthly UK Cities House Price Index for December 2019 included a ?2020 growth ranking? indicator, with Nottingham being ranked first.? This considers various market fundamentals to conclude which cities have the best prospects for house price growth, with affordability of local stock driving forecasts for Midlands cities, the report says.

In January 2020 Zoopla published its second quarterly Rental Market Report, which showed rents increased by 2.6% across the UK on prices one year previously.? Nottingham registered the highest growth of all UK cities at more than double this ? 5.8% The report cites below average levels of rental supply coming into the market as the primary driver for high growth.

Despite this the city is actually in the bottom half of the cities ranked by their rental affordability, which looks at the percentage of household income spent on rent.? The average rent for a property in Nottingham is now ?679 pcm.

Local Housing Allowance, the housing related benefit for those on low incomes in the private rented sector, is set to rise.

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