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Latest news and updates from Safer Housing at Nottingham City Council
The Safer Housing and Licensing Teams have been attending Days of Actions in Neighbourhoods over the last few months.
We have been carrying out inspections and compliance checks on proprieties. The next events are in Castle, Arboretum, Radford, Lenton and Wollaton East and we will also be carrying out work in those areas.
As well as housing inspections, Julian (pictured), our Burglary Reduction officer will be out and about in the parts of Arboretum, Lenton and Hyson Green as part of these days too.
He will be door knocking and speaking to tenants and leaving information at homes that are eligible for free security upgrades to help stop burglaries.
These measure could include:
- Free security upgrades such as new locks, alarms and CCTV at up to 500 homes
- Free video doorbells to up to 375 student properties.
Landlords and tenants of eligible properties will be contacted, if they haven’t already, to look at what safety measures we could provide.
More details on the scheme here.
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Working with DASH and Unipol, we are currently organising a landlord event to update you on Safer Housing and the housing licensing schemes here in Nottingham.
This event will be free and whilst it has not been decided if the event will be in person or online or a hybrid of both, we do have the date and the time.
Date – Wednesday 3 November 2021
Time – 4.30pm to 6.30pm
More details on the event will be released soon, including the agenda – so watch this space.
One of the asks from the Landlord and Managing Agent Liaison Groups was to create a document that shows the licence fee breakdown and what the fees for Selective, Mandatory and Additional licensing are used for.
We have now created this document and you can find it underneath the Mandatory Licensing section on the below page
Licensing for Landlords
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We have a dedicated website where you can get lots of information and support during a tenancy. We support both landlords and tenants with a number of issues, including:
- Getting help with problems, including problem tenants or landlord issues
- Increasing rent and rent disputes
- Ending a tenancy
- Licensing during a tenancy
- How to make your property safe and secure
Get more information and help here
The Government has also updated their guide for landlords and tenants in the private rented sector to explain the possession action process in the county courts in England, this includes updated court fees information.
You can read this guidance here - Understanding the possession action process: guidance for landlords and tenants
Landlords, if you own and rent out a student property then this is for you.
The University of Nottingham Students Union has created a handy guide about living in Nottingham.
They’ve been delivering these to student homes and it includes information on good neighbourly behaviour, respect for the community, waste & more.
If you wanted to forward this guide onto your tenants, the link is below-
University of Nottingham Students’ guide to living in the community
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