Nottingham City Homes has only been given £40 million to upgrade its council homes in the next two years - instead of the £93 million it had asked for. The money will be spent on the Secure, Warm, Modern programme which will see windows and doors replaced, insulation programmes and modern kitchens and bathrooms fitted across thousands of homes in the city. NCH had originally been due to receive £91 million to finish the programme by 2013 but the coalition Government asked all councils to reapply. NCH asked for £93m for the next two years but will now only receive £40m between now and the end of March 2013. A further £46m may be available from April 2013 to March 2015, but NCH has said it will not know for certain for another 12 months. Chris Langstaff, Chief Executive of NCH, said: "Today's announcement will be a major blow for Nottingham's council tenants. We were on target to complete the Secure Warm Modern programme on time and under budget by 2013. We are very disappointed that because of the reduced funding, we will not be able to finish our programme as soon as we wished. This will also be bad news for our contractor partners in the private sector, who carry out the work on our decent homes programme, and the apprentices that we were hoping to develop as part of the scheme." Read more on the Nottingham Post website.
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