Strategic Housing, Private Sector Housing, Homelessness and some housing advisory services remain with Bassetlaw District Council and information about these can be found below:

• Strategic Housing
• Private Sector Housing
• Housing Needs (Homelessness)

A1 Housing Bassetlaw Ltd

The councils housing stock is managed by A1 Housing, who are an Arms Length Management Organisation or 'ALMO',

created by Bassetlaw District Council under a government initiative to transform the quality

of council homes and deliver the decent homes programme.

If you would like to apply to become a council tenant then please contact A1 Housing.

Insulation Giveaway February 2012...  

Bassetlaw District Council are running a competition for one lucky Bassetlaw resident to win the full cost of cavity wall and/or loft insulation for their home.

The competition is for homeowners and private tenants and anyone who has a FREE survey carried out by Warmstreets between Monday 27th February and Friday 9th March 2012 is in with a chance of winning. To find out more about why insulating your home can help towards reducing your household energy bills visit our Fuel Poverty page.

Please note: The giveaway is not open to employees of the Council or A1 Housing, and the winner must be willing to take part in publicity.

Our previous winner was Mr Wayne Edeson, who received a cheque totalling £198 for having both cavity wall insulation and loft insulation installed to his property...well done!

Beware of Bogus Callers!

Following a report of a possible scam in Bassetlaw, the District Council is warning householders to be on their guard for bogus offers of cavity wall and loft insulation.

The Council are running a scheme called Warmstreets in partnership with Apex Carbon Solutions to help householders reduce their energy bills and combat fuel poverty by installing cavity wall and loft insulation to private properties.

Unfortunately, an elderly couple were approached by bogus callers claiming to represent Warmstreets and took £60 as an upfront payment for cavity wall and loft insulation. They did not return to carry out the work.

Bassetlaw Warmstreets contractors will always provide identification as well as a phone number for the Council so that householders can check the legitimacy of the scheme.

Bassetlaw Warmstreets will never ask for upfront payment or pressurise households to take part in the scheme.

For further information on the Scheme please contact either Gemma French at Bassetlaw Council on 01909 534547 or Warmstreets on Freephone 0800 043 9569.

BBC Report Energy Scam

Victims of an "energy saving" device scam are being targeted for a second time with bogus offers of compensation.

Elderly householders have been receiving phone calls from con-artists selling a plug-in gadget which is claimed to cut electricity use.

Officials say the gadget is unsafe, and now a bogus claims management company has been calling to offer compensation.

But victims never receive the compensation and end up paying about £300 for "administration" costs

For more information please visit BBC News.