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Progressive and resilient through change

Annual report 2023-24

A resilient organisation

Keep rent arrears under 3%

1.58%

Total income

£126m

New homes completed

178

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New homes boost for Staffordshire village

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How shared ownership helped 21-year-old make dream of owning her own home a reality

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Celebrating the completion of new affordable homes in South Staffordshire village.

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Making homes more energy efficient for customers

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Our performance

Living our values

Community organisations who received funding

38

Employees living in our communities

89.13%

Money spent with local suppliers

£34.8m

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Homes Plus launches new community hub for Burton Square

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David’s first aid skills save choking baby

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Employment and money advice officer thanked for helping customer out of homelessness

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Housing Plus Group celebrates apprenticeship success stories

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Our performance

Making a positive difference to homes

Money spent on repairing, maintaining and improving our homes

£46.9m

Compliance with statutory checks

99.21%

Homes let

1,044

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Our Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSMs) 23-24

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Building stronger relationships with our customers

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Homes Plus is helping you keep well and warm this winter

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Did you know that our customer policies are now available in almost 100 different languages?

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Our performance

Making a positive difference to lives and communities

Money savings for customers due to support

£3,351,884

Retirement living customer satisfaction

93%

Hours of care and support

62,456

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Boost to food banks in Staffordshire and Shropshire

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Exciting schedule of free activities and social events for people aged 55+

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Memory cafés open in Staffordshire villages

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Soft play centre opens sensory room thanks to funding from Homes Plus

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Our performance

Our finances

Finances

Value For Money (VFM)

Money spent with local suppliers

£34.8m

Suppliers in Shropshire and Staffordshire

190

Local suppliers

Suppliers based locally

33%

Percentage of total spend with local suppliers

61%

Homes

Money spent

Money spent on repairs and maintenance

£31,071,050

Money spent improving homes (including building safety)

£15,875,000

Tenancy

Keep rent arrears under 3%

1.58%

Homes let

1,044

General needs homes let

820

Retirement living homes let

224

Communal area fire safety inspections

5,319

Customer services


Calls resolved at first contact
0%

Calls answered

136,510

Customer emails answered

29,419

Views of our Homes Plus website pages

842,587

Calls answered within 30 seconds

68%

Facebook messages responded to within 4 hour SLA

80%

Customer service satisfaction

90%

Complaints customer satisfaction

Compliments received

478

Complaints received

1,573

Complaints responded to within 10 days

80%

Complaints resolved at stage 1

81%


Overall customer satisfaction
0%

Upheld: 58%

Partially upheld: 16%

Not upheld: 21%

Withdrawn: 4%

Refused: 0.13%

Cancelled: 0.77%

Nature of complaints

Failure to resolve damp & mould (147)

9%

Delay in resolving the issue (200)

13%

Failure to repair heating/hot water (85)

5%

Delay in starting repairs (82)

5%

All other complaints (861)

55%

Repairing homes

Repairs completed

45,755

Repairs completed within target

73.29%

Customers happy with repair service

94%

Improving homes

Homes benefitting from energy related works (SHDF, ECO and Warm Homes Funding)

119

Home improvement waste recycled

97%

Tonnes of landfill waste prevented

1,837

Homes benefitting from minor adaptations

427

Homes benefitting from disabled adaptations

91

New kitchens

346

New bathrooms

500

New wetrooms

120

New external doors

650

New heating

769

Property rewires

237

Keeping our customers safe

Safety inspections completed

77,224

Compliance with statutory checks

99.21%

Gas heating services completed

16,333

Gas reactive jobs completed

12,411

Fire door inspections completed

18,994

Electrical inspections completed

3,082

Asbestos surveys completed

1,974

CO alarms fitted

16,540

Number of customers reporting damp and mould in 23/24

1,546

Overall, no access for enquiries received in 23/24

347

New homes

New homes completed

178

New homes completed for rent

89

New homes completed for shared ownership

54

New homes completed for open market sale

35

Customers satisfied with their new home

100%

New homes completed (by location)

Stafford

38

South Staffordshire

99

Shropshire

19

Telford & Wrekin

22

Severn Homes

Market rent homes managed

114

Market rent homes let

28

Rent arrears

0.05%

Shared ownership homes sold

76

Total rent collected

£892,135.50

Lives

Retirement living

Retirement living communities

57

Retirement living customers

2,261

Customers who took part in wellbeing activities

42,370

Wellbeing activities offered

7,948

Care Plus customer satisfaction


Retirement living customer satisfaction
0%


Care and support customer satisfaction
0%

ReConnected (launched October 2023)

Community members engaged

299

Areas with regular activities

5

Total events 

61

Members that are not existing Care Plus customers

80%

Domiciliary care

Hours of care and support

62,456

Hours of domiciliary care per week

1,201

Residential care at The Sandford

% of residents who feel the care they receive is satisfactory or excellent

100%

% of residents who feel involved in decisions made about their care

97%

% of residents who feel they are treated with dignity and respect

98%

Telecare

Critical calls received

62,502

Critical calls answered in 60 seconds

97%

Enhanced telecare assessments done in 48 hours

100%

Installations completed within 5 days

100%

Telecare customer satisfaction

97%

Customers feel telecare offers VFM

98%

Customers who would recommend telecare

100%

Employment and money advice

Money savings for customers due to support

£3,351,884

Customers helped by Plus services

3,139

Customers supported by Community Hubs

1,596

Debt counselling saved our customers

£105,166

Customers supported with specialist debt advice

33

Customers helped into employment

42

Utility bill advice saved our customers

£37,266

Communities

Involved customers

Total involved customers sharing their views

81

Customer surveys carried out

5,445

Hours volunteered by Customer Partnership Panel

453

Involved customers recruited

11

Actions taken from CPP recommendations

26

Anti-social behaviour (ASB)

Number of evictions due to ASB

4

ASB cases resolved 

468

Cases resulting in legal action

12

Injunctions

6

Number of cases referred to community safety for gas no access

884

Number of cases referred to community safety for electrical inspections no access

83

Number of cases referred to community safety for electrical rewires no access

20

Number of cases referred to community safety for remedial electrical works no access

50

Estate issues resolved

168

Number of mutual exchanges completed

81

Injunctions for gas no access

8

Injunctions for electrical work no access

16

The Homes Plus My Community Fund

Community organisations who received funding

38

Total funding awarded

£33,585

Our people

Employees in our communities

Employees living in our communities

89.13%

Customers employed

62

New apprentices from our communities

7

Our workforce

Total workforce

968

Training hours completed by colleagues

20,800

Talent management programme participants

27

Our future

Our future

Our 2024-26 Progressive and Resilient Through Change corporate plan will inform our actions and shape our relationships with partners.

We remain focused on making a positive difference to homes, lives and communities.

Housing Plus Group Corporate Plan 2024-26 - click here to read

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