Disrepair in your Nottingham rental?
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What tenants in Nottingham need to know

Nottingham has one of the highest proportions of privately rented housing in England, driven by two major universities and a large young professional population. The city has been highlighted in national housing surveys as having a significant concentration of properties with Category 1 HHSRS hazards — the most serious rating — making active landlord enforcement here one of the most important in the Midlands.

Areas including St Ann's, Radford, Hyson Green, Forest Fields, Bulwell, Bestwood, and Lenton have particularly high concentrations of older rented properties. Nottingham City Council operates one of England's most active selective licensing schemes, requiring private landlords across designated areas to be licensed and meet minimum property standards — and the council enforces this robustly through inspections and civil penalty notices.

Nottingham's large stock of Victorian terrace housing across the inner suburbs is prone to rising and penetrating damp, failing roofs, and inadequate heating systems. The city's selective licensing programme has brought increased scrutiny of these issues — but many properties still fall short of the required standard, and tenants in licensed areas have a direct route to report non-compliance to the council.