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A council house in Clifton

A senior official says he believes Nottingham’s council housing stock could get the best rating in the East Midlands as the authority looks to fix serious failings uncovered by a regulator. In October 2024 the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH), the independent body responsible for maintaining standards, inspected the council’s housing as part of work to check it was meeting new rules.

Its visit came as standards for all social housing providers were introduced from April the same year. Following the inspection the council was given the second-worst rating by the regulator.

The regulator can award four consumer standards grades: C1, C2, C3 and C4. C1, the highest grade, means the landlord is delivering the outcomes of the consumer standards, while C4,

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