Case Study One - Housing in Nottingham

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Nottingham is located in the midlands, close to Sheffield and derby. It’s a city that has many different ward that hold different types of people. Many people in Nottingham are working class, and so have a low income. This group of people tend to live in the Meadows, an older city word that was built in the 19th century for workers who needed access to the city centre. Because it was built for workers, the housing are terraced and small, meaning it’s cheap for private landlords and so, the tenure is mainly privately rented accommodation and social housing. The Meadows can be old and poor quality housing, reducing the standard of living. However, it’s close to the city centre where many of the people living here will work. Middle class people in Nottingham generally live in west Bradford in the outer suburbs. Here there is mainly detached houses built after the 1960’s. It’s located next to a green belt, and so affords a quiet area with a low crime rate. Because of this, it causes the house prices to be high – which is unsuitable for many low income families. However, it’s a nice place to bring up children because of the open spaces and low crime rate. Also in Nottingham, there are young, ingle professionals that want to live close to the CBD. An example of this area is lace market, an inner city ward. Students mainly pay rent to private landlord here, or buy these properties through lending schemas. The constraints of lace market is that the accommodation is very expensive, not ideal to those who have a low income or don’t have savings to pay for a deposit. Because of this, it excludes the working class, low income families and elderly people. However, it’s close to the central business district, ideal for job and entertainment. Young families or first time buyers generally buy properties ingestion, Radcliff or Bingham. These are newer smaller houses built on Greenfield land. Here is good transport links to the city. The accommodation is affordable. There are some local authority housing but mainly owner occupied tenure. But, workers have to travel for to the CBD as it’s at the end of the city. However, the area is a pleasant place to raise children and is affordable with low crime rates.