NCH signs ten-year deal with council
Nottingham City Council (NCC) has signed a ten-year partnering agreement with Nottingham City Homes (NCH) that both organisations say will secure a long-term future for the city’s council tenants. The leader and chief executive of Nottingham City Council joined Nottingham City Homes’ chief executive and chair of the board to sign the agreement at a ceremony, held at Nottingham City Homes’ head office on Hounds Gate, Nottingham.
NCH says the agreement follows a programme of improvement in recent years by Nottingham’s ALMO (Arms Length Management Organisation) NCH, which has seen customer satisfaction rise to 80 per cent, rent arrears cut by more than half and thousands of tenants involved in what it calls “shaping services”.
Janet Storar, the first tenant chair of the Nottingham City Homes Board, said: “I am so proud, as a tenant and chair of this organisation, that in recent years Nottingham City Homes has made such a difference to the lives of tenants, leaseholders and residents across Nottingham.
“This agreement confirms to me the confidence Nottingham City Council has in our ability to deliver quality services and work in partnership with them to create homes and places where people want to live.”
Councillor Dave Liversidge, Nottingham City Council’s portfolio holder for housing and the voluntary sector, said: “We are looking forward to continuing our successful partnership with Nottingham City Homes and seeing services develop and improve even more through the next decade.
“Our new agreement recognises Nottingham’ City Homes’ success since it took over city council housing and our confidence in their plans for the future.”
Jean England, chair of the Nottingham tenant and leaseholder congress, said: “We are all facing a great deal of change over the coming months and years, but I am so pleased to see that this partnership will continue. It gives us the stability we need, and it is a testament to the hard work of employees and involved tenants of Nottingham City Homes over the past few years.”
Nottingham City Homes was created on 1 April 2005 as an ALMO to manage Nottingham City Council’s rented and leasehold homes.
