Our strategy sets out our ambitious plans for the next five years. It builds on what we have delivered over the last five years; continuing the momentum of growth, excellent services delivered for our residents, our work with the local community and how we make sure our homes are safe and well maintained.

Click on the strategy points below to read more about our current aims.

Development and Growth

New homes completed  – delivering homes to meet the needs of residents; supporting how and where they want to live.

Quality of homes delivered – ensuring that our new homes have fewer defects, to enhance the resident experience and customer satisfaction. 

High standards of energy efficiency  – delivering homes that are fit for the future and where possible net zero carbon ready.

Growth  – considering alternative options to growth to ensure we can grow as an organisation and continue to deliver against our social objectives whilst maintaining an effective and efficient service to our residents. 

Resident Voice

Customer satisfaction  – having high customer satisfaction demonstrating our understanding of customer needs and expectations.

Doing what we say we will  – being truly accountable and transparent in our service delivery; working with industry experts to endorse that we are delivering best practice.

Influential resident involvement  – having a wide range of opinions and lived experiences will ensure we achieve a broad range of view to create services that are as diverse as possible.

Empowering residents to succeed  – understanding the diverse needs of our residents so they can access and get help that’s available.

Enabling tenancy sustainment  – proactively supporting residents to keep their homes.

Accessible online services – providing opportunities to self-serve and harnessing new technologies to improve customer experience.

Environmental

Energy efficient homes  – we must improve the energy efficiency of our properties, bringing all homes up to EPC C where practicable by 2030.

Environmental training for employees and residents  – new ways of working will need to be embraced by our employees and our residents. Bringing them along on the journey is key to ensure success. 

Using data effectively  – insights from live property data will help us verify that the changes we are making deliver the expected results.

Decarbonisation plan  – we will develop and start to deliver a comprehensive roadmap for minimising carbon emissions from assets and operations. This is required to achieve net zero by 2050. 

SHIFT Gold  – by improving our sustainability practices and data gathering, we will seek to achieve a Gold award in the sustainability standard for the social housing sector. 

Housing Quality

Reduced need for responsive repairs  – having accurate up to date property information will allow us to identify essential repair and improvement works.

Improved satisfaction with our services  – providing a truly flexible repairs service that’s both convenient and effective for our residents.

Installing new technology into our houses  – being able to monitor property performance will reduce the number of contacts made to our residents and allow us to proactively resolve repair issues, in some cases, before they happen.

Compliant homes in desirable communities  – offering safe and secure homes is essential for our residents, creating a space our residents can be proud of encourages homes to be well looked after. 

Employee Engagement

Employee Engagement  – creating a strong agile workforce, who can use the latest technology improves job satisfaction and employee experience, ensuring we keep the best talent and remain a dynamic and people-centric organisation.

Training and Development  – reflecting our commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

Harnessing technology – to enhance flexibility and collaboration.

Data quality  – improving quality, availability and integrity will make us more efficient for our customers.

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