NROSH in Plain English!

NROSH is a central property database containing details of social housing properties in England. It does not currently cover Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, but like the Decent Homes standard, it may eventually spread to those territories.

The aim of the property database is to provide neighbourhood level information for the whole country which will be accessible by central, regional and local governments, registered social landlords and other interested parties.

Ultimately it is claimed that it will reduce the burden of reporting on housing providers. However, before this aim is achieved housing managers will need to understand the requirement of the NROSH database and implement software systems that streamline the process of gathering and transferring data into the new central database system.

The NROSH property database is defined in terms of a technical data definitions described using XML at the ODPM web site. This site aims to unravel the technical jargon and help you understand the requirements in plain English to aid you in software product selection whether it be a technical toolkit or a self-contained system using on site data collection.