A major social housing provider in Nottinghamshire is having to scale back the number of homes it is building due to "tough" economic conditions. The Nottingham Community Housing Association (NCHA) says rising inflation and a cap on rents are among the economic factors working against its ambition to help solve an affordable housing "crisis."
NCHA is celebrating 50 years in business this week, with the company having been launched thanks to a small grant from Shelter and a loan from Nottingham City Council in April 1973. The company now owns an estate of 10,000 homes and provides around a million hours of care and support services each year.
The company's social housing is available to those in need, including groups such as low-income families and the elderly. The National Housing Federation recently called for a national plan to increase the number of affordable and social homes in England, after publishing research showing that over 310,000 children were living in overcrowded homes.
