Welcome to the Website
of the
NOTTINGHAM ACTION GROUP ON HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION
 

THE NAG
WHO ♦ WHAT ♦ WHY ♦ HOW?
 

[Arthur O’Shaughnessy, Poems of Arthur O’Shaughnessy]

We are residents living in neighbourhoods from across a large part of the City of Nottingham (Sherwood, The Arboretum, Hyson Green, Radford, The Park, Lenton, Dunkirk, The Meadows, Wollaton Park, Wollaton, Lenton Abbey), and also in Beeston and West Bridgford.

Although our neighbourhoods are as different from one another as we are, what they have in common are the problems caused by increasing concentrations of so-called 'Houses in Multiple Occupation' (HMOs) - shared houses with absentee landlords and short-term, highly transient tenants.

What we have in common is the feeling that as individual residents we run the risk of having little or no say in what primarily local and national government, our higher education establishments, developers, investors, and others are planning and doing, even though their decisions directly affect us and the future of the neighbourhoods in which we live. As individuals we feel we have little or no voice. However, we believe that coming together as a group gives us a voice.

In February 2004, we did get together and formed the Nottingham Action Group on HMOs – the NAG – not a nice name, but appropriate. What has been happening to our neighbourhoods is not nice for those who live in them, or for their futures, and we are ready to nag and keep on nagging to get things done.

Whilst we cannot change what has happened, perhaps we too can become not just the 'dreamers of dreams' but also the 'movers and shakers', and, by influencing what may be going to happen, so help shape the future of our neighbourhoods.

For the NAG that future needs to be neighbourhoods that are resilient, balanced and sustainable, and where people feel happy to put down roots and contribute to the future of the City of Nottingham as a whole. In other words:

‘... places where people want to live and work and learn, now and in the future. ...'

WHAT IS A HOUSE IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION (HMO)?
 

An HMO is often also known as a 'shared house'. Put as simply as possible, an HMO is a building, or part of a building, occupied as a main residence by more than one household where a 'household' can be one person or several people provided that they are related to one another. So, for example, a home is probably an HMO if 

•three or more unrelated people live there as at least two separate households, and

•the people living there share the same amenities such as a kitchen and/or bathroom.

For more information about HMOs and about legislation relating to HMOs, we suggest you take a look at these websites:

http://www.hmolobby.org.uk

http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/HMO 

Also, Nottingham City Council publish a regularly up-dated Register of Licensed HMOs, which can be downloaded from the 'Downloads' section at:

http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/environmental-health-and-safer-housing/private-sector-housing/houses-in-multiple-occupation-hmos/licensing-of-houses-in-multiple-occupation/

REPORT A ROGUE LANDLORD

If you want advice or help relating to the condition and management of your privately rented property

Visit:
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/article/29046/Report-a-rogue-landlord-or-problem-with-your-private-rented-property
E-Mail: environmental.health@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Telephone: 0115 915-2020 (Option 4)
Write to: Environmental Health, Community Protection, Nottingham City Council, Loxley House,
Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3NG

FOR YOUR DIARY
 

GENERAL ELECTION 2017
NOTTINGHAM SOUTH CONSTITUENCY HUSTINGS EVENT

THOMAS HELWYS CHURCH, CHURCH STREET, LENTON

TUESDAY 30 MAY, 6.30 PM

NAG MEETINGS & EVENTS

NOTTINGHAM: MEETINGS, EXHIBITIONS, CONSULTATIONS & EVENTS

NEIGHBOURHOOD: PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY ADVICE,
WARD MEETINGS, WARD WALKS & WARD EVENTS

Nottingham East Constituency: Contact information for Chris Leslie MP.
Nottingham South Constituency: Contact and constituency advice surgery information for Lilian Greenwood MP.

Dunkirk & Lenton Ward (D&L): Ward Walk, Wednesday 7 June 2017, 9.45 am to 11.00 am, Penn Avenue area, meet at Penn Avenue Car Park. Community Meeting, Tuesday 4 Juiy 2017, 5.30 pm, the Lenton Centre. Ward Walk, Wednesday 5 July 2017, 9.45 am to 11.00 am, Hillside & QMC, meet outside Hillide shops.

Wollaton East & Lenton Abbey Ward (WELA): Ward Walk, Thursday 15 June 2017, 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm, Lenton Abbey Park, north half of Woodside Road, Winster Close, meet at Lenton Abbey Park. Ward Walk, Thursday 20 July 2017, 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm, harby Drive, Orston Spinney, Fairham Drive ... Wollaton Park Estate, meet corner of Harby Drive and Middleton Boulevard.

NEWS DESK
 

NATIONAL NEWS

NOTTINGHAM NEWS

NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS

PLANNING APPLICATIONS
 

Planning_Applications_Week_Ending_26_May_2017.pdf

Planning_Applications_Week_Ending_19_May_2017.pdf

Planning_Applications_Week_Ending_12_May_2017.pdf

Planning_Applications_Week_Ending_5_May_2017.pdf

 You can view all planning applications by visiting the Planning Applications section of Nottingham City Council's website:

http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/article/23398/Planning-Applications

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & DISCLAIMER
 

The Nottingham Action Group on HMOs wishes to thank: Nottingham City Council for funding support; everyone whose contributions (photographs, ideas, articles, work) form part of this website; and Magneto Technologies Ltd (http://magnetoweb.com) for the expertise which has enabled us to set up and maintain this website.

Last, but by no means least, we also thank our neighbours in the National HMO Lobby for their continuing help and support.

The views and opinions expressed in contributions to this website do not necessarily reflect those of the Nottingham Action Group on HMOs, its committee, or its wider membership.

Whilst endeavouring to ensure that reports are accurate, from time to time mistakes may occur. If you feel this is the case, please contact the Nottingham Action Group on HMOs. Information on how to do so is available on the 'Contact Us' page of this website.