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Autumn 2024





Welcome to our Autumn 2024 edition of Nouse News, the newsletter of the Nottingham Strategic Housing Network facilitated by Nottingham City Council's Housing Strategy Team. 

Got an article for our next edition? Contact [email protected] before 15th January 2025.






Strategy and Policy banner
New Housing Strategy
Housing Strategy

Nottingham City Council has launched "Homes Fit for the Future" strategy, aimed at improving housing quality, supply and affordability across Nottingham. The strategy runs until 2028 and covers social housing, the private-rented sector and owner-occupied homes. Its key priorities include:


* Enabling the building of new homes and regeneration,
* Enabling independent living for residents with support needs,
* Improving housing standards while advancing carbon net-zero goals,
* Making the best use of the available housing stock and expanding affordable options,
* Reducing homelessness and rough sleeping.

Partnership working will be key to achieving the vision and responding to housing need in the city, and the strategy provides a framework for organisations to work together.

*Read more* [ [link removed] ]


*Download Housing Strategy* [ [link removed] ]


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Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Prevention Strategy
HRSPS

Nottingham City Council and its partners have developed the new strategy outlining the approach to Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Prevention in Nottingham. This strategy, which will run for next five years, outlines key priorities, activities and resources. Collaboration between partners will be essential to achieving the strategy’s goals and addressing homeless needs across the city. The strategy provides a framework for organisations to work together effectively to achieve shared outcomes.

We invite you to participate in the consultation by completing our online survey. Your feedback will help shape the final strategy and guide our actions over the next five years.

*Download Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Prevention Strategy - Draft* [ [link removed] ]


*Access online survey* [ [link removed] ]


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Renters' Rights Bill back in Parliament

reform

Recently MPs had opportunity to debate on Renters' Rights Bill, which aims to strengthen protections for renters.

Key features of the Bill include:

 


* Ban on Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions.
* Control on rent Increases
* Extension of housing quality standards 
* Faster dispute resolution
* Stronger enforcement against rogue landlords
* Right to request pets


*Read more about the Bill here* [ [link removed] ]


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Energy Efficiency banner
Housing reached A-C EPC rating
EPC Notts

Latest data from the Office for National Statistics [ [link removed] ] shows that Nottingham’s homes are becoming more energy efficient, with 50% of homes now achieving an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of A to C. This breaks down by housing tenure as follows: 63% of social housing, 45% of private rentals, and 34% of owner-occupied homes are achieving this.  

The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard for the private rented sector is currently an EPC rating of E or above, which is expected to increase to a C rating by 2030. For owner occupied homes the target is to reach at least a C rating by 2035.

*Recommendations for home improvements to keep them warm * [ [link removed] ]


*Check your home's energy performance certificate (EPC)* [ [link removed] ]


*Find out more about energy grants * [ [link removed] ]


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Insulation support for homes
GBIS Notts

The Great British Insulation Scheme aims to reduce energy costs and emissions by improving insulation in homes. Up to August, 178 measures were installed in Nottingham City alone. Measures that are available include: 


* Loft insulation where previous insulation was 100mm or less
* Cavity wall insulation
* Heating controls done alongside insulation 
* Solid wall insulation
* Room in roof insulation
* Flat roof insulation 

To apply, your home needs to be: 


* D-G EPC rated 
* Council Tax bend A-D in England
* Owner occupier or private rented

There is *no income eligibility requirement* for insulation. 

*Private landlords can't apply for heating controls*. 

*Check your home's Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)* [ [link removed] ]


*Apply for support from Great British Insulation Scheme* [ [link removed] ]


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Housing
£500M boost for housing

HM

The government has announced a £500 million boost to the Affordable Homes Programme, part of a wider effort to build 1.5 million new homes. This includes funding for 5,000 affordable social homes, a five-year social housing rent settlement to support long-term investments, and adjustments to Right to Buy policies to preserve council housing.

The government also committed £128 million for new housing projects, focusing on energy efficiency and reducing pollution impacts, aiming to increase social housing availability and boost the housing sector.



*Find out more here* [ [link removed]. ]


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Call for information on private rent

UK Gov Logo

The government is asking tenants who rent a self-contained properties to help improve information used for Local Housing Allowance and statistics on private rent levels by completing the form that is linked below. 

Please email completed form to [email protected] .

Letting and management agents can provide more information on rentals by contacting [email protected] . 

For questions about fair rents and Local Housing Allowance rates, please email [email protected] . 



*Letting information form* [ [link removed] ]


*More information available here* [ [link removed] ]


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Say Before You Serve

NPRAS

Nottingham's Private Rented Assistance Scheme's (NPRAS) free service "Say Before You Serve", helps tenants and landlords to resolve issues before eviction proceedings begin. Both parties can avoid legal battle by participating in mediation to work out a variety of options that may resolve the situation. Landlords who used "Say Before You Serve" service were more than satisfied with the outcome.

If you need additional information, please contact one of the NPRAS team at [email protected] or click on the link below to access an online form. 



*Say Before You Serve Form* [ [link removed] ]


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Citywide survey on housing stock

nottingham city council

Nottingham City Council is launching a citywide stock condition survey with plans to complete the programme over the next two years.

Each property in the council’s housing portfolio will be assessed by Savills. The information gathered will support future investments focused on enhancing energy efficiency, maintaining housing quality, and ensuring value for money. The survey will include Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) checks and Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) assessments.

This will help ensure that Nottingham’s social housing meets the government’s Decent Homes standard, aligning with the council’s commitment to provide high-quality housing.



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Safety and Compliance Week
Together for safety

The national Social Housing Safety and Compliance Week is an annual event that’s dedicated to shining a spotlight on safety and compliance in social housing. 

This year’s Safety and Compliance Week runs from *6th to 10th November *and launches *Together for Safety*, a movement that recognises that no one person or team can deliver safe homes for residents – we all have a part to play. Together for Safety has four key strands:


* Together with residents 
* Together as a sector
* Together with colleagues 
* Together with the authorities 

*Find out more here* [ [link removed] ]


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Homelessness banner
Extra £230m for homelessness

Rough sleeping

In Autumn Budget, the government has allocated an additional £230 million to address homelessness and rough sleeping, while freeze on Local Housing Allowance (LHA) remains unchanged.  

Total spending on tackling homelessness in 2025/26 raises to £1 billion and will also include extending the Household Support Fund, providing discretionary housing payments, and a reduced monthly debt repayment rate on Universal Credit from 25% to 15% of the standard allowance for low-income households. 



*Read more here* [ [link removed] ]


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New rough sleepers accommodation

Framework logo

Homelessness charity Framework [ [link removed] ] will lead on the new accommodation project for men sleeping rough in Nottingham. With support from Nottingham City Council, Homes England, and central government, the project will offer 20 units for men by late 2025.

Framework has already made progress on accommodation block for women which will have 15 units. The city’s urgent need for targeted, single-sex housing follows record rough sleeping levels in 2023. With these new facilities, the council will be able to better address entrenched rough sleeping and challenges it creates.



*Read more here* [ [link removed] ]


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New supported homes in Clifton

Clifton development

Nottingham’s new supported housing service, "Malone Terrace", has opened in Clifton to provide short-term housing for individuals needing mental health support and facing homelessness.

Named in honour of Andrew Malone, a social housing pioneer and founding Chief Executive of Nottingham Community Housing Association (NCHA), the facility includes 14 self-contained flats designed to help residents develop life skills and transition to independent living.

Managed by NCHA and commissioned by Nottingham City Council, the eco-friendly development features energy-efficient, gas-free homes powered by air source heat pumps and solar energy, with additional green features like living roofs and vehicle charging stations.



*Read more here* [ [link removed] ]


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Building Nottingham
New homes on Boots HQ site
Boots [ [link removed] ]

Platform Housing Group and Keepmoat Homes are partnering to build 319 energy-efficient, affordable homes on the former Boots site in Nottingham, as part of the larger Beeston Canalside development. Once completed, the homes at Trentside will feature all-electric systems, air source heat pumps, and solar panels, helping residents save on energy costs. Thirty of Platform’s homes are being delivered for Nottingham City Council with 93 allocated for affordable rent and 226 for shared ownership.

Beeston Canalside, planned within the Nottingham Enterprise Zone, will consist of more than 600 homes. It is scheduled for full completion by 2029.

*Read more here* [ [link removed] ]


*Boots Enterprise Zone* [ [link removed] ]


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Housing market headlines
Decline in rental price growth

Private housing rental

The latest quarterly Hometrack Rental Market Index report [ [link removed] ] reveals Nottingham as the UK core city with the lowest annual price growth.

At 3.4% not only was growth in the year to July 2024 lower than the that of the rest of the UK (excluding London) but almost a full percentage point behind the cities with the next lowest growth (Leeds and Sheffield – both 4.3%)

The position is in stark contrast to that 3 years ago, when growth in Nottingham was higher than in any other UK core city.



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House price growth stalls in the city

House prices August

After a post-pandemic boom in 2021 and 2022, house price growth across the country has been comparatively very poor ever since.

The most recent UK House Price Index [ [link removed] ] data evidence an increase across all property types in England of just 2.1%, in the year to August 2024.  Meanwhile, Nottingham saw no growth at all, compared to 3.1% in the county and 2.1% in the East Midlands.

Detached properties in Nottingham decreased in price, with minor price growth seen among terraced and semi-detached properties in the city. The average price of a property in Nottingham is £198,818.



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FBN
Better mental health for men

Talk

Talk Club, a charity focused on men’s mental health, is revolutionizing how men approach emotional wellbeing by promoting "mental fitness." Talk Club’s approach centres around structured group conversations where men rate their feelings on a scale from 1 to 10 and explain why.

Men from various backgrounds and age groups can engage in the following support sessions:


* *Talk & Listen*: Peer-led groups where men take turns to share, while others simply listen without offering solutions
* *Talk & Exercise*: Mental fitness combined with physical activity
* *Talking Therapies*: Therapist-led group sessions 
* *Business Support*: Tailored mental fitness programs for workplaces


*Find out more here* [ [link removed] ]


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Thrive training accademy

Thrive

Places for People have setup a training academy offering apprenticeships, technical future skills and organisational skills for a range of roles including electricians, plumbers gas operatives and other office based roles around customer services and development etc. training programmes are available for customers and workers within the housing and construction sectors. 

Their main Academy site, where the majority of apprenticeship learning will take place, is located in Centro Place, Derby, but they also have access to a number of locations around the UK through Thrive Hubs. 



*Find out more here* [ [link removed] ]


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Mental health support for all
Not alone

The NottAlone website, originally launched in 2021 to support mental health for young people up to age 25 in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, is expanding to provide free mental health support services, advice and guidance for residents of all ages. 

This initiative is a collaborative project between Nottinghamshire County Council, Nottingham City Council, and the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board. Local people, some with lived experience of mental health struggles, collaborated on the development and branding of the new website.

The website also offers advice and guidance for people concerned about mental health of those close to them. 

*NottAlone website* [ [link removed] ]


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Helpful resources Nouse banner
Diabetes and Homelessness: Quality Improvement Tools

Pathway

Pathway recently completed a project focused on enhancing diabetes care for people experiencing homelessness across the UK.

Throughout the project, nurses utilized newly developed quality improvement tools to elevate the standard of care provided to this vulnerable population. These tools are free to download and include:


* Homeless and inclusion health nurse and specialist diabetes nurse audit instructions
* A patient discussion form
* A quality improvement spreadsheet for inclusion health nurses


*Tools* [ [link removed] ]


*E-learning* [ [link removed] ]


*Diabetes and Eye Health* [ [link removed] ]


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Resident rights - guidance and training

4MIll

Four Million Homes is a government funded organisation that give guidance on social housing resident rights and the services landlords are required to provide. They share information on wide range of issues including repairs and maintenance for your home and communal areas, anti-social behaviour, and how to deal with your landlord. 

There is guidance for Local authority tenants, Housing association tenants, Co-operative tenants, Shared owners and leaseholders.



*Guidance for social housing residents* [ [link removed] ]


*Free webinars for social housing residents* [ [link removed] ]


*Free training events for social housing residents* [ [link removed] ]


*Free training videos for social housing residents* [ [link removed] ]


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Prevention

Prevention Matters! is the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness's online panel series that highlights ground-breaking homelessness prevention initiatives in Canada and beyond. It provides information on the innovative work researchers and practitioners have done to advance homelessness prevention, including lessons they’ve learned along the way.



*Find out more* [ [link removed] ]


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Publications




tent

UK Employers’ Guide to Hiring Refugees



*Download* [ [link removed] ]


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Homeless Link

Breaking the cycle: Delivering
a homelessness funding
system that works for all



*Download* [ [link removed] ]


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Centre

The effectiveness
of interventions to
improve the welfare of
people experiencing
and at risk of
homelessness: an
updated evidence and
gap map



*Download* [ [link removed] ]


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Qni

Supporting People Experiencing
Homelessness with Diabetes
Guidance for nurses and allied workers



*Download* [ [link removed] ]


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Uni

Experiences of severe and multiple disadvantage
within ethnically diverse communities in
Nottingham



*Download* [ [link removed] ]




NHS N&N

Digital guide to
mental health services in
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire



*Download* [ [link removed] ]


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Health Equality

What works: Finding ways to better
support people who frequently
attend emergency departments



*Download* [ [link removed] ]


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Centre

Staying Put:
Leaving Care and the
Risk of Homelessness



*Download* [ [link removed] ]


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Groundswell

Listen Up! Insight 5: the role of community
for people experiencing homelessness



*Download* [ [link removed] ]


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SJOG

Exploring access to health
support and treatment for
people subject to modern-day
slavery and trafficking



*Download* [ [link removed] ]




Groundswell

Exploring lived experience roles and stigma in
the homelessness sector



*Download* [ [link removed] ]


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Centre

 

Temporary Accommodation in England: is it Value for Money?



*Download* [ [link removed] ]


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group logos

Community-led
housing for all
Opportunities and challenges for black and
minority ethnic community-led housing

*Download* [ [link removed] ]


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Pathway

Don’t Tell Us Off – Examining Ways to Improve the Health Care of People Experiencing Homelessness with Diabetes



*Download* [ [link removed] ]


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Groundswell

 

Homelessness and Oral Health – A Neglected Issue (Report and Action Guide)



*Find out more* [ [link removed] ]






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Coming up

Your round-up of free, notable events, consultations and policy changes for the coming weeks:

November

6 Emmanuel House Charity Lunch 2024 [ [link removed] ] - Emmanuel House 

6 Housing First Fidelity Framework: completing the self-reflection tool [ [link removed] ]- Homeless Link

7 Suicide Prevention & Intervention training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

7 Professional Visits [ [link removed] ] - Nottingham Recovery Network

7 Drug Risks & Harm Reduction Training For Professionals [ [link removed] ] - Change Grow Live Nottinghamshire

12 Raising Awareness of So-Called "Honour"-Based Abuse [ [link removed] ] - Equation

12 Understanding and Responding to Domestic Violence and Abuse [ [link removed] ] - Equation 

13 Working with, Supporting and Referring LGBTQ+ Survivors of Domestic Abuse [ [link removed] ] - Equation

13 Employability and Skills - Community of Practice - Trauma-Informed Employability [ [link removed] ] - PDU

13 Mental Health Awareness training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

13 Commissioners' Forum [ [link removed] ] - Homeless Link

13 Innovation Forum: accessing move-on accommodation [ [link removed] ] - Homeless Link

14 Neurodivergence and SMD Learning Series- Understanding Neurodivergence in the Context of Multiple Disadvantage [ [link removed] ] - PDU

18 Understanding Consent and Choice [ [link removed] ] - Safeguarding Adults Week 

19 Reducing Parental Conflict [ [link removed] ] - Equation

19 Working with Black and Minoritised Survivors Experiencing Domestic Abuse [ [link removed] ] - Equation 

19 Overview of Sexual Violence and Referral Pathways to NSVS [ [link removed] ] - Equation 

19 Re-thinking assessment practices with people experiencing homelessness [ [link removed] ] - King's College London 

19 The Voice of Lived Experience [ [link removed] ] - Safeguarding Adults Week 

19 Understanding Professional Boundaries [ [link removed] ] - Safeguarding Adults Week 

21 Cognitive Impairment & Exploitation [ [link removed] ] - Safeguarding Adults Week 

26 Domestic Abuse and Counter Allegations [ [link removed] ] - Equation

27 Working Residents - Community of Practice [ [link removed] ] - PDU

28 Mental Health Awareness training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

28 Housing First Fidelity Framework: completing the self-reflection tool [ [link removed] ] - Homeless Link

29 Alcohol IBA Training [ [link removed] ] - Nottingham Recovery Network

29 AGM 2024 [ [link removed] ] - EMPO

December

3 Working with, Supporting and Referring LGBTQ+ Survivors of Domestic Abuse [ [link removed] ]- Equation

3 Safe Space Pledge training [ [link removed] ]- Equation

5 Mental Health Awareness training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

6 Mental Health Awareness training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

10 Minoritised Women & Sexual Violence [ [link removed] ] - Equation 

10 Mental Health Awareness training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

10 Suicide Prevention & Intervention training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

11 Safe Space Pledge training [ [link removed] ] - Equation

12 Reducing Parental Conflict [ [link removed] ] - Equation

12 Understanding and Responding to Domestic Abuse in Early Years Settings [ [link removed] ] - Equation

12 Suicide Bereavement training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

12 Memory loss and physical frailty amongst people experiencing homelessness [ [link removed] ] - King's College London

17 Understanding & Responding to Domestic Violence & Abuse [ [link removed] ] - Equation

19 Working with DA Survivors Experiencing Multiple Disadvantage [ [link removed] ] - Equation

January

7 Suicide Bereavement training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

7 Mental Health Awareness training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

9 Mental Health Awareness training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

10 Mental Health Awareness training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

14 Reducing Parental Conflict [ [link removed] ] - Equation

14 Working with, Supporting and Referring LGBTQ+ Survivors of Domestic Abuse [ [link removed] ] - Equation

16 Working with Black and Minoritised Survivors Experiencing Domestic Abuse [ [link removed] ] - Equation

17 Mental Health Awareness training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

20 Suicide Prevention & Intervention training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

21 Mental Health Awareness training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

22 Mental Health Awareness training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

22 Suicide Bereavement training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless  

23 Mental Health Awareness training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

30 Understanding & Responding to Domestic Violence & Abuse [ [link removed] ] - Equation 

30 Overview of Sexual Violence and Referral Pathways to NSVS [ [link removed] ] - Equation

30 Technology & Economic Abuse: “One of the Greatest Forms of Control” [ [link removed] ] - Equation

30 Mental Health Awareness training [ [link removed] ] - The Academy at Harmless 

Got a diary date between February and May you'd like us to include in our next edition? Let us know at [email protected]   <[email protected]>








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