31/08/2010 FIRST ZERO CARBON HOMES FOR MANSFIELD An innovative affordable housing scheme that will provide future lessons for eco-development has started on site in Mansfield.
Three special eco-friendly houses are being built within an existing ...
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16/08/2010 NEW HOMES FOR RUTLAND When approximately 110,000 people (47,000 households) are waiting for an affordable home in rural parts of the East Midlands any new builds are extremely welcome - which is why there were celebrations...
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02/08/2010 MP VISITS RETROFIT HOUSE There's something of the future about a house in New Ollerton, Notts and Sherwood MP Mark Spencer went along on Friday to find out all about it.
In a special project called Retrofit for the Future ...
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14/07/2010 CONTINUED SUCCESS AT PREMIER LETS According to June's figures, Premier Lets are ranked 6th out of 61 agents working in their area, with a clickthrough rate of 6.62%. (Clickthrough rate is a way of measuring the success of an online ad...
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08/07/2010 FAMILY SAVED BY MORTGAGE RESCUE SCHEME A local housing association has just bought its first house in Nottinghamshire under a scheme designed to halt the number of homes being repossesed.
Nottingham Community Housing Association (NCHA) ...
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06/07/2010 SERVICE USERS CELEBRATE IN STYLE The day was themed towards sports and the environment, subjects which the service users themselves had requested. There were opportunities for everyone to participate in various sporting activities in...
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05/07/2010 CHINESE VISIT AIMS TO IMPROVE HOUSING David Richardson, Director of Housing Services at Nottingham Community Housing Association, will be the UK representative travelling as part of a five member European team with the other delegates hai...
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22/06/2010 TEMPTING TENNER SAVER OFFER Depending on indiviaul circumstances, once a member, people can get a loan staight away and thus avoid the sky high interest rates that often come as a nasty shock to unsuspecting borrowers.
Staff ...
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17/06/2010 HOMELESS TO MAYOR IN THREE YEARS Newly elected Labour councillor Ian Campbell has just become the country's youngest mayor. But life wasn't always so rosy for this enterprising young man.
Back in 2007 Ian became homeless due to...
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15/06/2010 FIVE FRIENDS STAY TOGETHER But now thanks to the commitment of staff at Nottingham Community Housing Association they have moved from their care home at Porchester Road in Nottingham to a new facility at Ashland Road West in Su...
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10/06/2010 £200m UP FOR GRABS A consortium of East Midlands housing associations is looking for contractors to join a new build framework agreement. The four-year contract is estimated to be worth up to £200m.
Nottingham Commu...
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26/05/2010 NCHA OPENS DOORS TO PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS 26th May 2010
NCHA OPENS DOORS TO PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS
An empty retail unit owned by Nottingham Community Housing Association (NCHA) has been given a facelift by final year students from Nottingha...
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25/05/2010 NEWARK CASTLE STATON FUN DAY 24th May 2010
TENANTS SOAK UP THE SUN AT FUN DAY
Tenants from the Newark Castle Station Estate yesterday enjoyed the sunshine and activities at the annual fun day hosted by Nottingham Community Ho...
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20/05/2010 HWCS STAFF EVENT Staff from NCHA's HWCS teams gathered last week at the Denewood Centre to promote their team's services, share good practices and discuss ways to sell and model their services for the future.
Each ...
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29/04/2010 INTERNET CAFE GETS NEW LOOK FOR SUMMER Tenants on the Moorgreen Estate turned out to celebrate the refurbishment of their Community Centre this week.
The Centre has been decorated and had new carpets and blinds with funds donated by the...
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06/04/2010 TOP TV PRIZE FOR SURVEY WINNER Ian Danks was feeling a bit down in the dumps when his TV broke down. Like many others in the current financial climate, Ian is out of work and the prospects of a new television seemed remote.
So ...
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29/03/2010 DOWNING STREET CELEBRATIONS Service users from Nottingham Community Housing Association's (NCHA) Grantham and Loughborough Foyers attended a champagne reception at Downing Street last week. They were invited to attend in recogni...
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05/03/2010 TENANT SATISFACTION UP BY ALMOST 10% "I have had nothing but great experiences with my housing association. I have found them helpful and polite whenever I have called them with a query or problem. My repairs were made quickly and effic...
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02/03/2010 GROW YOUR OWN WITH THE TRC Included in the latest edition of LINK (our tenant magazine) is a free seed packet sponsored by NCHA's Tenants & Residents Consortium (TRC).
The group hope the seeds will encourage tenants to grow ...
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02/03/2010 FIVE MILLION POUND SCHEME FOR EASTWOOD The Government has just announced the latest release of funding, some of which will go towards a much-needed scheme of affordable housing for Brookhill Leys Road in Eastwood.
A grant of £2,433,000 ...
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