A social housing provider in Nottingham is supporting women and children who have experienced domestic or sexual abuse or violence to rebuild their lives. Nottingham City Homes Registered Provider (NCHRP) successfully bid for £400,000 of funding from Homes England to acquire and refurbish eight homes, as part of the Government’s Move On fund. When ready, […]
A Nottingham landlord who failed to licence his properties has been ordered to pay back over £8,000 in rent. Dexter Blackstock, from Papplewick has been told he has to pay back of £8,592.98 in Housing Benefits, that he was paid for two unlicensed properties. Blackstock was previously convicted of nine offences of failing to licence […]
A Nottingham landlord, who failed to improve his rental property, leaving his tenants in dangerous conditions has been fined. 34-year-old Haroon Karim, from Bramcote in Nottingham, pleaded guilty to two offences under the Housing Act 2004, section 72(3) and (6) failing to comply with Housing of Multiple Occupancy (HMO) licence conditions and section 30(1) and […]
Nottingham City Council has successfully secured almost £1m of Government funding to go towards buying 15 one-bed flats for homeless people. Grants totalling £942,000 have been allocated from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) Next Steps Accommodation Programme. Most of the homes have already been identified by the council and will help […]
A Nottingham Property Management company has been sentenced for not ensuring a house in multiple occupation occupied by six tenants was safe and well managed. The sentencing on the 14 December 2020, comes after the company’s sole director, Imran Shafiq, accepted liability and pleaded guilty on the 18 November 2019, which was the earliest opportunity […]
A Nottingham landlord, who breached a court order not to harass or evict his tenants has been given a prison sentence. Mr Saakib Khan, who lives in The Meadows, is the owner and landlord of a number of rental properties in the city. After appearing in court in November, he was sentenced to jail for […]
A Nottingham landlord has been ordered to pay £3,928.44 after failing to licence properties under the Selective and Additional Licensing Schemes. Jaswinder Singh, of 55 Woodbank Drive in Nottingham, was found guilty of two offences under Sections 72 (1) and 85 (1) of the Housing Act 2004 – Selective and Additional Licensing. The properties are […]
A warning about illegal fees has gone out to students in Nottingham as their thoughts turn to accommodation for the next academic year. It has come from Nottingham City Council’s Trading Standards team and, while the advice applies to everyone, it is particularly timely for students seeking a place to live in 2021/22. The aim […]
Details to build a new Sherwood Library have been revealed as contracts are signed with a developer, which will see the whole site redeveloped. The Sherwood Library site, located on Spondon Street, is currently owned by Nottingham Council, and includes former social services offices, a car park and three retail units, as well as the […]
Nottingham renters are being urged to understand their rights and look at what support is available for them, as the courts re-open to hear eviction cases paused during lockdown. Although this will start from the week commencing 21st September here will be a backlog for the Court to deal with, and there will be delays, but […]