Making The Most Of Our Private Rented Sector To Tackle Homelessness

Nottingham City Council wanted to explore how they could further utilise the private rented sector to discharge their homelessness prevention and relief duties. Effective use of the private rented sector as a housing resource is very important in Nottingham because the private sector is often both the cause and solution for homelessness. As well as exploring ways in which the Council could better engage with the PRS in order to secure more properties, it wanted to look at the ways in which it could deploy earlier interventions in order to prevent people from becoming homeless from PRS homes. Read more on the LGA website.

https://www.local.gov.uk/making-most-our-private-rented-sector-tackle-homelessness