Standing view · housing · Nottingham
mixed, held with tentative confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2026-07.
Children in temporary accommodation in Nottingham fell to 1,096 in the first quarter of 2026, households with children in temporary accommodation to 546 and households in bed and breakfast accommodation to six, while households served a no-fault eviction notice and owed a prevention duty rose to 49. Rents were steady: a two-bedroom home cost £908 a month in May 2026, a three-bedroom home £1,043 in April and a home with four or more bedrooms £1,459 in March.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about Nottingham. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Children in temporary accommodation | 2026-Q1 | improving |
| Households in bed and breakfast | 2026-Q1 | improving |
| Households in temporary accommodation with children | 2026-Q1 | improving |
| Prevention duty, section 21 notice | 2026-Q1 | deteriorating |
These figures carry no defensible direction of their own: a rising house price is good news to an owner and bad news to someone trying to buy, so we do not score one as an improvement. They are shown because they are part of the picture, and they did not decide the view above.
| Measure | Period | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Average private rent, four or more bedrooms | 2026-03 | — |
| Average private rent, three bedrooms | 2026-04 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-05 | — |