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Page 1: 03 Appendix 1 Lewisham Homes business plan - 070916 App… · Households have had Decent Homes work completed, we’re aiming for 100% by 2016 to 70% (2014) and target 85% (2019)

2015/19

Business Plan

Page 2: 03 Appendix 1 Lewisham Homes business plan - 070916 App… · Households have had Decent Homes work completed, we’re aiming for 100% by 2016 to 70% (2014) and target 85% (2019)

Res

iden

t

Res

iden

t

Inde

pend

ent

Cou

ncill

orR

esid

ent &

cha

ir

FRO

M T

HE B

OARD

FRO

M T

HE B

OARD

In 2

00

7 w

e w

ere

del

iver

ing

po

or

leve

ls o

f cu

sto

mer

se

rvic

e, o

ur

ren

t co

llect

ion

leve

ls w

ere

low

, m

anag

emen

t co

sts

wer

e h

igh

an

d f

or

year

s th

ere

had

b

een

litt

le s

ust

ain

ed in

vest

men

t in

th

e h

ou

sin

g s

tock

. L

ewis

ham

Ho

mes

was

set

up

to

ch

ang

e th

at.

No

w in

20

15, w

e h

ave

incr

ease

d t

enan

t sa

tisf

acti

on

by

13%

, we’

re r

un

nin

g t

he

org

anis

atio

n w

ith

£3.

8 m

illi

on

le

ss p

er y

ear,

we’

ve in

crea

sed

ren

t co

llect

ion

an

d

red

uce

d lo

st r

ent

fro

m e

mp

ty p

rop

erti

es b

y £

2.8

mil

lio

n

– al

l wh

ile

mai

nta

inin

g s

om

e o

f th

e lo

wes

t re

nt

and

se

rvic

e ch

arg

e le

vels

in L

on

do

n.

We

hav

e d

eliv

ered

a £

156

mil

lio

n in

vest

men

t p

rog

ram

me

to im

pro

ve r

esid

ents

’ ho

mes

ove

r th

e

pas

t fo

ur

year

s, m

uch

mo

re t

han

was

po

ssib

le f

rom

th

e £

94.5

mil

lio

n g

ran

t th

at w

as a

war

ded

by

the

Go

vern

men

t in

20

11.

We

hav

e ac

hie

ved

man

y o

f th

e th

ing

s w

e se

t o

ut

to

ach

ieve

fo

r o

ur

resi

den

ts b

ack

in 2

00

7. L

ewis

ham

Ho

mes

has

bec

om

e an

org

anis

atio

n t

hat

list

ens

to it

s re

sid

ents

, an

d v

alu

es t

hei

r en

gag

emen

t an

d in

flu

ence

o

n d

ecis

ion

s an

d it

s se

rvic

es.

Th

e ch

alle

ng

es f

or

ou

r co

mm

un

ity

are

the

sho

rtag

e o

f h

ou

sin

g s

up

ply

, sig

nif

ican

t cu

ts in

th

e le

vel o

f re

sou

rces

ava

ilab

le t

o o

ur

par

tner

Lew

ish

am C

ou

nci

l, an

d t

he

chal

len

ges

fac

ed b

y w

elfa

re r

efo

rm. T

hes

e re

qu

ire

us

to b

e fl

exib

le a

nd

inn

ova

tive

in t

he

way

s w

e w

ork

wit

h o

ur

par

tner

s, a

nd

as

a m

ajo

r lo

cal e

mp

loye

r.

Ou

r B

oar

d a

nd

th

e E

xecu

tive

Man

agem

ent

Tea

m

are

com

mit

ted

to

ach

ievi

ng

mo

re. W

e ai

m t

o f

urt

her

in

crea

se s

atis

fact

ion

fo

r al

l res

iden

ts, a

nd

inve

st m

ore

in

ou

r re

sid

ents

’ ho

mes

an

d n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

s. W

e w

ill

con

tin

ue

to b

uil

d o

n o

ur

succ

ess

to d

ate,

fo

cusi

ng

on

b

ein

g e

ffic

ien

t an

d e

ffec

tive

, in

vest

ing

in im

pro

vin

g

serv

ices

an

d g

ivin

g o

ur

very

bes

t fo

r L

ewis

ham

peo

ple

.

Julia

Cot

ton

Boa

rd C

hair

As I

ente

r my

last

yea

r as

Chai

r of t

he B

oard

I ha

ve

refl

ecte

d on

my

eigh

t yea

rs in

the

role

, how

far w

e

have

com

e as

an

orga

nisa

tion

and

the

chal

leng

es a

nd

oppo

rtun

itie

s th

at fa

ce u

s in

the

futu

re.

99.9%

2015

RENT

COLLECTION

2007 97.7%

£1.7 m

illion cash

impac

t

£18.7m

2015

2007 £22.5m

OUR

MANAGEMENT FEE

(what th

e

council pay

s us)

We

are

go

vern

ed b

y a

man

agem

ent

bo

ard

. It

sets

ou

r o

vera

ll d

irec

tio

n a

nd

ch

eck

s o

n o

ur

pro

gre

ss in

del

iver

ing

o

n o

ur

mis

sio

n t

o p

rovi

de

gre

at h

ou

sin

g s

ervi

ces

for

thri

vin

g n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

s. T

he

Bo

ard

is m

ade

up

of

seve

n

resi

den

ts, f

ive

ind

epen

den

ts a

nd

th

ree

Co

un

cillo

rs w

ho

h

elp

to

kee

p u

s fo

cuse

d a

nd

ch

alle

ng

e o

ur

man

agem

ent

team

to

en

sure

we

are

do

ing

th

e ri

gh

t th

ing

s to

del

iver

im

pro

ved

ser

vice

s to

ou

r re

sid

ents

.

Ou

r re

sid

ent

bo

ard

mem

ber

s b

rin

g f

irst

-han

d e

xper

ien

ce

of

ou

r se

rvic

es a

nd

th

e is

sues

an

d c

on

cern

s th

at a

re

imp

ort

ant

to o

ur

resi

den

ts. O

ur

ind

epen

den

t b

oar

d

mem

ber

s b

rin

g e

xper

tise

in a

reas

su

ch a

s fi

nan

ce,

dev

elo

pm

ent,

pro

per

ty m

anag

emen

t an

d g

ove

rnan

ce.

Ou

r co

un

cil b

oar

d m

emb

ers

bri

ng

a w

ider

per

spec

tive

o

n c

om

mu

nit

y is

sues

acr

oss

Lew

ish

am a

nd

hel

p e

nsu

re

we

are

wo

rkin

g e

ffec

tive

ly w

ith

th

e C

ou

nci

l an

d f

or

the

com

mu

nit

y. T

hey

pro

vid

e a

valu

able

ch

alle

ng

e h

elp

ing

u

s fo

cus

on

pri

ori

ties

an

d e

nsu

rin

g w

e h

ave

stro

ng

re

sid

ent

mem

ber

ship

.

Inde

pend

ent

Nick Jo

slyn

Sara

h Smith

Res

iden

t and

cha

ir o

f sc

ruti

ny c

omm

itte

e

Steve

n M

cGann

Gra

ce

Pad

onou A

ddy

Neil

Poppmac

her

Susa

n W

ise

Res

iden

t

Ophelia

Bobori

Cou

ncill

or

Pau

l Bell

Julia

Cotton

Vice

Cha

ir a

nd

inde

pend

ent

Ainsley Forb

es

Inde

pend

ent a

nd c

hair

of

aud

it c

omm

itte

e

Terry James

HOMES MEETING

THE DECENT

HOMES STANDARD

CAPITAL

INVESTMENT

TENANT

SATISFACTION

KEEPING TENANTS

INFORMED

SATISFACTION

WITH

NEIGHBOURHOOD

SATISFACTION

WITH REPAIRS

80%

£49.5m

71%

81%

81%

72%

2015

2015

2015

2015

2015

2015

2007 40%

2007 £19.8m

2007 58%

2007 70%

2007 64%

2007 59%

The B

oard

THEN AND NOW

THE MEMBERS

A M

ESS

AGE

from the B

oard

Chair

John P

asc

houd

Cou

ncill

or

3 LEWISHAM HOMES BUSINESS PLAN 2015/19LEWISHAM HOMES BUSINESS PLAN 2015/192

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We

are

com

mit

ted

to p

rovi

din

g g

reat

h

ou

sin

g s

ervi

ces

and

q

ual

ity

ho

mes

fo

r L

ewis

ham

. Th

is is

wh

y w

e w

ere

crea

ted

by

Lew

ish

am C

ou

nci

l in

20

07,

an

d w

hat

d

rive

s o

ur

bu

sin

ess

pla

n a

nd

act

ivit

ies

ever

y d

ay.

We

are

pro

ud

of

the

pro

gre

ss w

e h

ave

mad

e b

ut

kn

ow

we

hav

e m

ore

to

do

.

We

hav

e d

eliv

ered

sig

nif

ican

t ad

van

ces

ove

r th

e p

ast

year

hav

ing

bro

ug

ht

80%

of

ho

mes

up

to

th

e D

ecen

t H

om

es S

tan

dar

d; w

ork

ed o

n a

lon

g t

erm

p

lan

to

imp

rove

inve

stm

ent

in p

rop

erti

es w

e m

anag

e; t

aken

ove

r m

anag

emen

t o

f IC

T g

ivin

g

us

a m

ore

fle

xib

le p

latf

orm

to

imp

rove

sys

tem

s an

d o

nli

ne

serv

ices

; an

d e

xpan

ded

ou

r re

pai

rs

serv

ice

to c

arry

ou

t in

tern

al D

ecen

t H

om

es w

ork

s ac

hie

vin

g h

igh

sat

isfa

ctio

n f

rom

res

iden

ts.

We

pla

n t

o t

ake

ove

r m

anag

emen

t o

f g

rou

nd

s m

ain

ten

ance

on

est

ates

in 2

015

an

d in

crea

se

sati

sfac

tio

n f

urt

her

. We

wil

l co

nti

nu

e to

iden

tify

o

pp

ort

un

itie

s an

d d

evel

op

ser

vice

s w

her

e w

e b

elie

ve t

his

wil

l del

iver

a m

ore

co

st e

ffec

tive

an

d

qu

alit

y se

rvic

e o

utc

om

e to

ou

r re

sid

ents

.

We

are

wo

rkin

g w

ith

th

e C

ou

nci

l to

res

po

nd

to

th

e d

eman

d f

or

ho

usi

ng

an

d h

ave

com

ple

ted

the

firs

t si

x o

f 50

0 p

lan

ned

new

ho

mes

. We

wil

l w

ork

to

get

her

on

fea

sib

ilit

y p

lan

s to

incr

ease

th

is n

um

ber

an

d b

rin

g w

ider

ben

efit

s to

ou

r h

ou

sin

g e

stat

es. W

e ar

e al

so p

layi

ng

a g

reat

er

role

in a

dd

ress

ing

th

e h

om

eles

snes

s cr

isis

by

acq

uir

ing

pro

per

ties

to

let

to h

ou

seh

old

s w

ho

w

ou

ld o

ther

wis

e n

eed

to

be

pla

ced

in e

xpen

sive

te

mp

ora

ry a

cco

mm

od

atio

n.

Eve

ryth

ing

we

ach

ieve

as

a b

usi

nes

s w

e ac

hie

ve

thro

ug

h o

ur

peo

ple

. Th

eir

skil

ls, e

ffec

tive

nes

s an

d

atti

tud

e ar

e th

e b

ench

mar

k b

y w

hic

h w

e su

ccee

d o

r n

ot.

Th

is is

wh

y w

e ar

e in

vest

ing

in d

evel

op

ing

ou

r p

eop

le, f

ocu

sin

g o

ur

effo

rts

to in

crea

se c

ust

om

er

sati

sfac

tio

n, a

nd

gro

win

g o

ur

bu

sin

ess

so t

hat

we

are

effi

cien

t, e

ffec

tive

an

d d

eliv

er o

n o

ur

mis

sio

n.

We

are

amb

itio

us

for

Lew

ish

am, f

or

ou

r

resi

den

ts a

nd

fo

r u

s. T

his

Bu

sin

ess

Pla

n s

ets

ou

t w

hat

we’

ll d

o o

ver

the

nex

t fi

ve y

ears

to

del

iver

on

o

ur

fou

r o

bje

ctiv

es.

Andr

ew P

otte

r C

EO, L

ewis

ham

Hom

es

As

a m

ajo

r lo

cal e

mp

loye

r em

plo

yin

g n

earl

y 50

0 p

eop

le

we

wo

rk in

Lo

nd

on

’s t

hir

d la

rges

t b

oro

ug

h w

her

e d

iver

sity

is b

oth

a d

efin

ing

ch

arac

teri

stic

an

d a

key

st

ren

gth

. We’

re c

om

mit

ted

to

del

iver

ing

gre

at c

ust

om

er

serv

ice,

inve

stin

g in

Lew

ish

am n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

s, a

nd

g

row

ing

ou

r b

usi

nes

s to

sh

ape

a b

rig

ht

futu

re.

Wh

ile

ho

usi

ng

man

agem

ent

is o

ur

core

bu

sin

ess

we

also

w

ant

to m

ake

a d

iffe

ren

ce t

o L

ewis

ham

peo

ple

b

y b

uil

din

g n

ew h

om

es a

nd

imp

rovi

ng

ou

r es

tate

s.

We

are

pro

ud

to

be

100

% f

ocu

sed

on

Lew

ish

am a

nd

wan

t to

bu

ild

str

on

ger

co

mm

un

itie

s an

d p

artn

ersh

ips

thro

ug

h

loca

l in

vest

men

t an

d c

reat

ing

op

po

rtu

nit

y fo

r o

ur

curr

ent

resi

den

ts, t

he

wid

er c

om

mu

nit

y an

d f

utu

re g

ener

atio

ns.

ABO

UT U

SIN

TRO

DUCTIO

N

Our mission

To d

eli

ver

gre

at h

ou

sin

g s

erv

ice

s

for

thri

vin

g n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

s

OUR CORPORATE OBJECTIVES ARE:

We value

TRUST

We

do

as

we

say

and

lead

by

exam

ple

. Ou

r m

anag

ers

emp

ow

er a

nd

tru

st s

taff

, are

op

en

and

incl

usi

ve a

nd

as

an o

rgan

isat

ion

we

are

com

mit

ted

to

invo

lvin

g s

taff

in d

ecis

ion

mak

ing

.

.

RECOGNITION

We

reco

gn

ise

and

val

ue

succ

ess,

an

d a

d

iver

se r

ang

e o

f ta

len

ts. W

e ta

ke

tim

e to

p

rais

e g

oo

d w

ork

, an

d v

alu

e ea

ch o

ther

an

d o

ur

cust

om

ers.

PASSION

We

hav

e a

po

siti

ve a

ttit

ud

e an

d

tak

e p

rid

e in

ou

r w

ork

. We

try

to

bre

ak d

ow

n b

arri

ers

and

aim

to

b

e th

e b

est

at w

hat

we

do

.

CHALLENGE

We

tack

le c

ynic

ism

an

d c

hal

len

ge

the

stat

us

qu

o. W

e re

min

d e

ach

oth

er o

f o

ur

valu

es, a

re p

roac

tive

an

d n

ever

g

ive

up

in p

urs

uit

of

ou

r g

oal

s. EMPATHY

We

trea

t p

eop

le a

s in

div

idu

als,

sh

ow

res

pec

t to

eac

h o

ther

an

d t

ake

tim

e to

list

en. W

e ar

e cu

sto

mer

-fo

cuse

d a

nd

th

ink

ab

ou

t th

ing

s fr

om

th

e o

ther

per

son

’s p

ersp

ecti

ve

.

COLLABORATION

We

bu

ild

go

od

rel

atio

nsh

ips

wit

h e

ach

o

ther

an

d a

im t

o u

nd

erst

and

pre

ssu

res

on

oth

ers.

We

wo

rk t

og

eth

er t

o s

olv

e p

rob

lem

s an

d t

ake

resp

on

sib

ilit

y fo

r th

is.

A M

ESS

AGE

from the C

hief Exe

cutive

Excellent services • Thriving neighbourhoods • Sustainable future • Employer of choice

Lew

isha

m H

omes

is a

n am

biti

ous

orga

nisa

tion

set

up

to im

prov

e ho

usin

g in

the

boro

ugh,

cur

rent

ly m

anag

ing

18,0

00

hom

es o

n be

half

of L

ewis

ham

Cou

ncil.

We

are

a no

t-for

-pro

fit o

rgan

isat

ion

unde

rtak

ing

a m

ajor

loca

l inv

estm

ent p

rogr

amm

e,

oper

atin

g ou

r ow

n m

aint

enan

ce c

ompa

ny,

and

build

ing

new

hom

es th

roug

h a

part

ners

hip

wit

h th

e lo

cal a

utho

rity

.

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Empl

oyer

of c

hoic

e S

usta

inab

le fu

ture

DIR

ECTO

R O

F H

OU

SIN

G

Jon K

anare

ck

Exce

llent

ser

vice

s

HUMAN RESOURCES (HR)

Pro

vid

es s

trat

egic

su

pp

ort

an

d a

dvi

ce t

o a

ll m

anag

ers

on

em

plo

yee

rela

tio

ns

as w

ell a

s d

eali

ng

w

ith

rec

ruit

men

t, p

ayro

ll q

uer

ies

and

ch

ang

es t

o

term

s an

d c

on

dit

ion

s.

ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (OD)

Lea

ds

on s

taff

dev

elop

men

t an

d e

nsu

rin

g w

e h

ave

the

rig

ht

skil

ls in

th

e o

rgan

isat

ion

to

del

iver

ex

celle

nt

serv

ices

, in

clu

din

g im

ple

men

tin

g t

he

ann

ual

tra

inin

g p

lan

an

d a

ssis

tin

g s

taff

acc

ess

trai

nin

g o

pp

ort

un

itie

s. A

lso

res

po

nsi

ble

fo

r

IIP

an

d t

he

app

ren

tice

ship

an

d g

rad

uat

e

trai

nee

pro

gra

mm

es.

COMMUNICATIONS

Del

iver

s th

e co

mm

un

icat

ion

s st

rate

gy

in

clu

din

g e

xter

nal

an

d in

tern

al c

amp

aig

ns,

PR

, b

ran

d m

anag

emen

t, d

eali

ng

wit

h m

edia

an

d

the

pre

ss p

ub

lica

tio

ns,

web

site

, in

tran

et, s

oci

al

med

ia a

nd

eve

nts

.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Su

pp

ort

s an

d b

uil

ds

resi

den

ts’ c

apac

ity

so

they

can

infl

uen

ce o

ur

serv

ices

, off

erin

g a

ra

ng

e o

f in

volv

emen

t o

pp

ort

un

itie

s, a

nd

su

pp

ort

ing

res

iden

ts w

ith

co

mm

un

ity

d

evel

op

men

t o

pp

ort

un

itie

s.

GOVERNANCE

Su

pp

ort

s th

e B

oar

d a

nd

sen

ior

man

ager

s to

mak

e d

ecis

ion

s an

d g

ove

rn L

ewis

ham

Ho

mes

eff

ecti

vely

, as

wel

l as

ensu

rin

g w

e co

mp

ly w

ith

Co

mp

any

Law

.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

En

sure

s ou

r re

sid

ents

an

d s

taff

are

saf

e an

d t

hat

w

e co

mp

ly w

ith

H&

S le

gis

lati

on

, in

volv

ing

ris

k

asse

ssm

ents

an

d c

hec

ks

and

dev

elo

pin

g c

lear

p

oli

cies

, in

clu

din

g t

rain

ing

.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Car

ries

ou

t fi

nan

cial

an

d b

usi

nes

s p

lan

nin

g,

ensu

res

we

effe

ctiv

ely

con

tro

l ou

r ex

pen

dit

ure

an

d d

eliv

er v

alu

e fo

r m

on

ey. R

esp

on

sib

le f

or

ensu

rin

g f

inan

cial

pro

bit

y an

d e

ffec

tive

co

ntr

ol o

f o

ur

reso

urc

es.

ICT

Pro

vid

es u

p t

o d

ate

and

eff

ecti

ve I

CT

su

pp

ort

to

o

ur

bu

sin

ess.

Th

is in

clu

des

mai

nta

inin

g o

ur

core

b

usi

nes

s sy

stem

s, I

CT

net

wo

rk a

nd

tel

eph

on

y se

rvic

es a

s w

ell a

s d

evel

op

ing

sys

tem

s th

at e

nab

le

us

to w

ork

mo

re e

ffec

tive

ly a

nd

del

iver

bet

ter

cust

om

er s

ervi

ce.

POLICY & PERFORMANCE

Co

llect

s ef

fect

ive

per

form

ance

info

rmat

ion

th

at

enab

les

us

to t

ake

the

rig

ht

bu

sin

ess

dec

isio

ns

and

al

low

s u

s to

rep

ort

to

th

e B

oar

d, r

esid

ents

an

d

stak

eho

lder

s o

n t

he

per

form

ance

of

ou

r se

rvic

es.

PROCUREMENT

Pro

vid

es a

dvi

ce a

nd

su

pp

ort

to

man

ager

s ac

ross

th

e b

usi

nes

s o

n h

ow

to

eff

ecti

vely

pro

cure

ser

vice

s d

eliv

erin

g v

alu

e fo

r m

on

ey t

hro

ug

h s

ervi

ce

imp

rove

men

ts a

nd

co

st s

avin

gs.

HOUSING MANAGEMENT (INCLUDING TENANCY,

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND TENANCY AUDIT)

Del

iver

a c

om

pre

hen

sive

on

e-st

op

ten

ancy

ser

vice

. T

his

incl

ud

es t

enan

cy r

equ

ests

, tra

nsf

ers

for

re-h

ou

sin

g,

occ

up

ancy

ch

eck

s, t

enan

cy p

rofi

lin

g, a

ban

do

ned

te

nan

cies

, su

ble

ttin

g, d

eali

ng

wit

h A

nti

-So

cial

beh

avio

ur,

en

forc

ing

th

e T

enan

cy A

gre

emen

t an

d t

akin

g le

gal

act

ion

w

her

e th

is h

as b

een

bre

ach

ed.

INCOME

Res

po

nsi

ble

fo

r co

llect

ing

ren

t fr

om

ou

r te

nan

ts. O

ther

se

rvic

es in

clu

de

deb

t an

d w

elfa

re a

dvi

ce a

nd

ref

erra

ls t

o

oth

er a

gen

cies

, as

wel

l as

man

agem

ent

of

the

leg

al

pro

cess

fo

r te

nan

ts t

hat

fai

l to

pay

deb

t.

ESTATE SERVICES

We

hav

e m

ore

th

an 9

0 c

aret

aker

s w

ho

loo

k a

fter

ou

r es

tate

s p

rovi

din

g a

co

nsi

sten

tly

hig

h s

tan

dar

d o

f

clea

nli

nes

s, t

idin

ess

and

hyg

ien

e in

all

ou

r b

lock

s.

CUSTOMER SERVICES

Pro

vid

e an

eff

ecti

ve a

nd

cu

sto

mer

-fo

cuss

ed s

ervi

ce

to r

esid

ents

, en

suri

ng

th

e re

cep

tio

n a

rea

is a

cces

sib

le

and

co

nta

ins

up

-to

-dat

e in

form

atio

n. T

he

team

off

ers

com

pre

hen

sive

ad

vice

co

veri

ng

all

asp

ects

of

ho

usi

ng

m

anag

emen

t, a

nd

man

ages

ou

r co

mp

lain

ts p

roce

ss.

We

also

hav

e a

cust

om

er c

all c

entr

e d

eali

ng

wit

h o

ur

tele

ph

on

e en

qu

irie

s an

d r

epai

r o

rder

ing

.

LEASEHOLD SERVICES

Man

age

5,0

00

leas

eho

ld p

rop

erti

es in

clu

din

g

adm

inis

teri

ng

an

d c

olle

ctin

g s

ervi

ce c

har

ges

, co

nsu

ltin

g

wit

h le

aseh

old

ers

on

maj

or

wo

rks

and

pro

cess

ing

Rig

ht

to

Bu

y ap

pli

cati

on

s.

VOIDS

Man

age

ou

r u

no

ccu

pie

d p

rop

erti

es t

o e

nsu

re a

sp

eed

y tu

rnar

ou

nd

to

let

to n

ew t

enan

ts, w

ork

ing

in p

artn

ersh

ip

wit

h B

uil

din

g S

ervi

ces,

Ho

usi

ng

Op

tio

ns

Cen

tre

and

R

e-h

ou

sin

g s

ervi

ces

at t

he

Co

un

cil.

OUR S

TRUCTURE

OUR S

TRUCTURE

ASSET INVESTMENT (MAJOR WORKS)

Dev

elo

ps

stra

teg

ies

to m

ain

tain

ou

r h

ou

sin

g s

tock

an

d d

eliv

ers

the

Dec

ent

Ho

mes

pro

gra

mm

e.

MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES

O

vers

ees

gas

ser

vici

ng

an

d li

fts

serv

ices

, an

d m

anag

e a

nu

mb

er o

f co

ntr

acts

incl

ud

ing

pir

ate

rad

io r

emo

vals

, m

ob

ile

ph

on

e an

d C

CT

V in

stal

lati

on

s.

RESPONSIVE REPAIRS

Car

ries

ou

t re

pai

rs in

sid

e an

d a

rou

nd

ou

r re

sid

ents

’ p

rop

erti

es. O

ur

con

tact

cen

tre

and

sch

edu

lin

g t

eam

ar

ran

ges

ap

po

intm

ents

an

d o

ur

Dir

ect

Lab

ou

r O

rgan

isat

ion

(D

LO

) em

plo

ys it

s o

wn

op

erat

ives

to

ca

rry

ou

t re

pai

rs.

NEW BUILD

We

are

the

Lew

ish

am C

ou

nci

l’s d

evel

op

men

t p

artn

er

to b

uil

d t

he

bo

rou

gh

’s f

irst

co

un

cil h

ou

sin

g in

30

yea

rs.

Ou

r te

am o

vers

ees

pro

ject

s u

nd

er t

he

New

Ho

mes

B

ette

r P

lace

s p

rog

ram

me

– a

join

t in

itia

tive

bet

wee

n

the

Co

un

cil a

nd

Lew

ish

am H

om

es.

DIR

ECTO

R O

F R

ESO

URC

ES

Adam B

arrett

DIR

ECTO

R O

F C

OR

PORA

TE S

ERVI

CES

Hila

ry B

arb

er

DIR

ECTO

R O

F PR

OPE

RTY

SER

VIC

ES

Mark

Agnew

THE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM (EMT)

Is

led

by

ou

r C

hie

f E

xecu

tive

, An

dre

w P

ott

er a

nd

has

o

vera

ll re

spo

nsi

bil

ity

for

mak

ing

su

re L

ewis

ham

Ho

mes

m

eets

its

targ

ets

and

del

iver

s th

e B

oar

d’s

mis

sio

n.

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT PAS

Pro

vid

e p

erso

nal

ass

ista

nce

to

th

e E

xecu

tive

Man

agem

ent

Tea

m, a

nd

man

age

ou

r o

ffic

e fa

cili

ties

.

Our Structu

re

Thri

ving

nei

ghbo

urho

ods

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HOUSING SUPPLY

The National Context

CO

NTEXT

WELFARE REFORM

Th

e ec

on

om

y is

gro

win

g b

ut

ther

e is

lim

ited

ca

pac

ity

for

wag

es t

o r

ise;

ho

use

pri

ces

are

go

ing

u

p a

nd

cre

atin

g a

ffo

rdab

ilit

y p

rob

lem

s. I

ncr

easi

ng

h

ou

sin

g b

enef

its

pay

men

ts s

ho

w t

hat

low

-in

com

e w

ages

are

no

t k

eep

ing

pac

e w

ith

ren

t in

crea

ses.

Go

vern

men

t p

oli

cy t

o r

edu

ce t

he

def

icit

mea

ns

sig

nif

ican

t cu

ts in

Lo

cal G

ove

rnm

ent

and

loca

l se

rvic

es, a

nd

ho

usi

ng

ben

efit

.

Th

e m

axim

um

ben

efit

cap

is t

o d

ecre

ase

fro

m

£26

,00

0 t

o £

23,0

00

. Th

e sp

are

roo

m s

ub

sid

y an

d

Un

iver

sal C

red

it in

crea

se t

he

risk

th

at t

enan

t ar

rear

s w

ill r

ise.

New

Ho

usi

ng

su

pp

ly is

no

t k

eep

ing

pac

e w

ith

d

eman

d. H

ou

se p

rice

s ar

e ri

sin

g f

aste

r th

an t

he

eco

no

my

and

inco

mes

. Th

e R

igh

t to

Bu

y is

to

be

exte

nd

ed t

o H

ou

sin

g A

sso

ciat

ion

s an

d t

enan

ts

rece

ive

the

full

dis

cou

nt

afte

r th

ree

year

s in

stea

d

of

five

. Lo

cal A

uth

ori

ties

wil

l be

req

uir

ed t

o s

ell

thei

r m

ost

val

uab

le s

tock

. Gra

nt

fun

din

g f

or

new

af

ford

able

ho

usi

ng

is li

mit

ed a

nd

go

vern

men

t p

oli

cy is

th

at t

his

sh

ou

ld b

e fu

nd

ed f

rom

ren

ts,

the

sale

of

pro

per

ties

or

dir

ectl

y b

y R

egis

tere

d

Pro

vid

ers

and

Lo

cal A

uth

ori

ties

. Th

is is

un

lik

ely

to

gen

erat

e th

e le

vel o

f su

pp

ly r

equ

ired

an

d t

her

e

wil

l be

few

er h

om

es a

vail

able

to

let

at s

oci

al

ho

usi

ng

ren

ts.

THE ECONOMY

HOUSING SUPPLY

The Local Context

Th

is is

lik

ely

to h

ave

its

big

ges

t im

pac

t in

Lo

nd

on

w

her

e re

nts

an

d b

enef

it le

vels

are

at

thei

r h

igh

est.

W

e ca

n r

edu

ce t

he

risk

s an

d h

elp

to

kee

p

peo

ple

in t

hei

r h

om

es b

y m

ain

tain

ing

eff

ecti

ve

ben

efit

ad

vice

an

d s

up

po

rt, a

nd

bu

ild

ing

str

on

g

par

tner

ship

s w

ith

oth

er o

rgan

isat

ion

s.

Th

e sh

ort

age

of

affo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g is

mo

st

acu

tely

fel

t in

Lo

nd

on

. A r

isin

g p

op

ula

tio

n

and

lim

ited

aff

ord

able

ho

usi

ng

su

pp

ly a

re

maj

or

po

licy

ch

alle

ng

es f

or

Lew

ish

am C

ou

nci

l.

We

are

par

tner

ing

wit

h t

he

Co

un

cil t

o m

eet

th

ese

chal

len

ges

th

rou

gh

iden

tify

ing

o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r n

ew h

ou

sin

g a

s w

ell a

s

secu

rin

g a

dd

itio

nal

tem

po

rary

acc

om

mo

dat

ion

to m

eet

imm

edia

te d

eman

d.

Th

e re

du

ctio

n in

go

vern

men

t fu

nd

ing

fo

r L

oca

l A

uth

ori

ties

pla

ces

sig

nif

ican

t p

ress

ure

s o

n lo

cal

serv

ices

. We

wil

l par

tner

wit

h t

he

Co

un

cil t

o

dev

elo

p s

ervi

ce d

eliv

ery

op

tio

ns

that

pro

vid

e

the

bes

t su

pp

ort

we

can

. As

a lo

cal e

mp

loye

r in

vest

ing

mo

re t

han

£65

mil

lio

n a

yea

r in

th

e b

oro

ug

h, w

e p

rovi

de

emp

loym

ent

and

tra

inin

g

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

and

can

leve

rag

e ad

dit

ion

al s

up

po

rt

fro

m o

ur

par

tner

s.

THE ECONOMY

WELFARE REFORM

9 LEWISHAM HOMES BUSINESS PLAN 2015/19

8

LEWISHAM HOMES BUSINESS PLAN 2015/19

Polic

y de

cisi

on a

nd th

e ec

onom

y at

bot

h na

tion

al a

nd lo

cal l

evel

hav

e a

maj

or im

pact

on

the

hous

ing

sect

or a

nd o

ur re

side

nts.

National and Local C

ontext

PULL

OUT FOR

POSTER

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Deliv

erin

g gr

eat h

ousi

ng

se

rvic

es fo

r thr

ivin

g

n

eighbourh

oods

Business P

lan

Summary

2015

/19

Our

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ecti

ves

SUSTAINABLE

FUTU

REEMPLOYER OF

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ICE

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NEIGH

BORH

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ning

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aff

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spon

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tack

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anti

soci

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ehav

iour

Impr

ove

serv

ices

to le

aseh

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rs

Prov

ide

mor

e se

rvic

es o

nlin

e

Gro

w o

ur re

pair

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rvic

e to

do

mor

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nd

use

cont

ract

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less

Impr

ove

the

look

, fee

l and

qua

lity

of o

ur

neig

hbou

rhoo

ds

Bui

ld n

ew h

omes

Div

ersi

fy re

side

nt e

ngag

emen

t and

wor

k w

ith

part

ners

Inte

rnal

refu

rbis

hmen

t wor

ks

Set

out

a 3

0 ye

ar p

lan

for i

nves

tmen

t

Prov

ide

oppo

rtun

ity

for p

eopl

e th

roug

h tr

aini

ng a

nd e

mpl

oym

ent p

rogr

amm

es

Do

mor

e w

ith

less

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hase

hom

es to

pro

vide

tem

pora

ry

hous

ing

for L

ewis

ham

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riti

se re

sour

ces

to d

eliv

er s

ervi

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SERVIC

ES

Tenant

Satisfaction

We

will

do

this

by:

12 LEWISHAM HOMES BUSINESS PLAN 2015/19

Our Plans

13

Exc

elle

nt Serv

ices

We

wan

t our

cus

tom

ers

to e

xper

ienc

e gr

eat

serv

ice

at a

ll ti

mes

. We

will

mea

sure

our

succ

ess

by in

crea

sing

our

tena

nt s

atis

fact

ion

leve

l to

85%

and

our

leas

ehol

d sa

tisf

acti

on

leve

l to

60%

by

2019

.

Ten

ant

sati

sfac

tio

n w

ith

ou

r se

rvic

es h

as

incr

ease

d t

o 7

1%, a

nd

hig

hli

gh

ts a

re s

atis

fact

ion

w

ith

ou

r re

pai

rs s

ervi

ce u

p b

y 10

% in

tw

o y

ears

, an

d r

esp

on

din

g t

o c

om

pla

ints

wit

hin

tar

get

up

15

% t

o 9

1% o

ver

the

sam

e p

erio

d. O

ur

leas

eho

ld

sati

sfac

tio

n is

a d

isap

po

inti

ng

35%

an

d t

his

is

an a

rea

we

wil

l be

wo

rkin

g h

ard

on

to

imp

rove

.

We

hav

e th

e fo

un

dat

ion

s in

pla

ce f

or

imp

rove

men

ts in

ou

r an

tiso

cial

beh

avio

ur

se

rvic

e an

d a

sys

tem

to

bet

ter

mo

nit

or

st

and

ard

s in

est

ate

serv

ices

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ecem

ber

20

14 w

e m

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d t

o o

ur

off

ices

at

the

Old

To

wn

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l in

Cat

ford

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e w

e ar

e ab

le

to o

ffer

res

iden

ts im

pro

ved

fac

ilit

ies

incl

ud

ing

p

riva

te m

eeti

ng

ro

om

s an

d f

ree

acce

ss t

o

on

lin

e se

rvic

es.

Ou

r m

ove

fre

ed u

p o

ffic

e sp

ace

to p

rovi

de

ho

usi

ng

fo

r at

leas

t 19

fam

ilie

s, a

nd

has

see

n o

ur

emp

loye

es

hav

e g

reat

er c

olla

bo

rati

on

an

d e

ffic

ien

cy a

cro

ss

the

bu

sin

ess.

• D

evel

op

ing

ea

sy a

cces

s se

rvic

es in

clu

din

g f

orm

ing

a

stre

amli

ned

co

nta

ct c

entr

e.

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ffer

ing

mo

re o

nli

ne

serv

ices

an

d s

up

po

rtin

g

resi

den

ts w

ho

are

no

t cu

rren

tly

usi

ng

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e in

tern

et.

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and

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ing

in im

pro

vem

ents

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ds

ma

inte

na

nce

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r es

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ion

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to e

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th

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ills

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d

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ge

to m

ake

a d

iffe

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ce a

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giv

e o

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ers

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reat

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erie

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wit

h u

s.

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mp

rov

ing

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vice

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lea

seh

old

ers.

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ng

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sys

tem

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din

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ip M

an

ag

emen

t sy

stem

des

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ed t

o e

nh

ance

th

e w

ay

we

use

info

rmat

ion

to

del

iver

g

reat

ser

vice

s.

• I

ntr

od

uci

ng

a r

evam

ped

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ore

res

po

nsi

ve a

pp

roa

ch

to ta

ckli

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tiso

cia

l b

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vio

ur

incl

ud

ing

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tro

du

cin

g e

xten

ded

h

ou

rs a

nd

a m

ob

ile

serv

ice.

Since 2007

(starting 58%)

NOW 71%

Our target for 2019

(85%)

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have

mad

e si

gnifi

cant

pro

gres

s si

nce

we

wer

e se

t up

in 2

007,

but

we

wan

t to

achi

eve

mor

e.

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have

set

cha

lleng

ing

targ

ets

ahea

d to

incr

ease

sat

isfa

ctio

n by

201

9.

PULL

OUT FOR

POSTER

LEWISHAM HOMES BUSINESS PLAN 2015/19

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Thriving N

eighbourh

oods

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e. W

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leas

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hat

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r te

nan

ts w

ere

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sfie

d w

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ish

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as in

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sed

to

81%

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d f

or

leas

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lder

s to

74%

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ha

ve b

uil

t th

e fi

rst

new

co

un

cil h

ou

sin

g i

n L

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m f

or

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h s

ix n

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ner

gy

effi

cien

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om

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min

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loca

l fa

mil

ies

in F

ebru

ary

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15. T

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is

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rt o

f th

e N

ew

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mes

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ter

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pro

gra

mm

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pa

rtn

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ip b

etw

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Lew

ish

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om

es a

nd

Lew

ish

am C

ou

nci

l.

New Homes for Lewisham

OUR N

EIG

HBO

URH

OO

DS

OUR N

EIG

HBO

URH

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DS

We

aim

to

en

ab

le r

esid

ents

to

in

flu

ence

ho

w w

e sh

ap

e a

nd

del

iver

ser

vice

s a

nd

we’

re c

om

mit

ted

to

su

pp

ort

ing

peo

ple

to

get

ah

ead

. To

do

th

is w

e p

rovi

de

sup

po

rt f

or

com

mu

nit

y d

evel

op

men

t,

tra

inin

g a

nd

em

plo

ymen

t o

pp

ort

un

itie

s, a

nd

giv

e o

ur

resi

den

ts o

pp

ort

un

itie

s to

ha

ve a

sa

y in

ho

w h

ou

sin

g

serv

ices

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ru

n. I

n p

art

icu

lar

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r R

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sid

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iso

n

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mu

nic

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on

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nd

est

ate

s sa

fety

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ecu

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hei

r re

com

men

da

tio

ns

wil

l dir

ectl

y fe

ed i

nto

ou

r se

rvic

e p

lan

s.

In t

he

pa

st t

wo

yea

rs w

e h

ave

pro

vid

ed a

wid

e ra

ng

e o

f tr

ain

ing

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plo

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ilit

y a

nd

ap

pre

nti

cesh

ip

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

wit

h o

ur

pa

rtn

ers

incl

ud

ing

ma

kin

g

mo

re t

ha

n £

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le f

or

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den

ts a

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g

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ps

thro

ug

h o

ur

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mm

un

ity

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nd

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ab

lin

g

them

to

bri

ng

th

eir

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life

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as

incl

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ra

ng

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ctiv

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wer

e p

rou

d t

o s

po

nso

r L

ewis

ha

m Y

ou

th C

on

fere

nce

in

20

15, o

ne

of

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pro

ject

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pp

ort

ed b

y

ou

r C

om

mu

nit

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d. T

his

in

spir

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peo

ple

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d w

as

org

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by

loca

l ch

ari

ty

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va

tin

g S

ucc

ess.

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are

su

pp

ort

ing

it

ag

ain

in

20

16.

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wan

t our

resi

dent

s to

live

in c

omfo

rtab

le a

nd s

ecur

e ho

mes

, and

in a

ttra

ctiv

e an

d sa

fe n

eigh

bour

hood

s

whe

re c

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ies

can

thri

ve. W

e w

ill w

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wit

h ou

r par

tner

s to

sec

ure

inve

stm

ent i

n em

ploy

men

t and

trai

ning

init

iati

ves

and

com

mun

ity

deve

lopm

ent.

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am H

om

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n t

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it L

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on

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cial

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ity

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ish

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om

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mit

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t to

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par

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ship

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t to

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ate

lon

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ng

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d

gro

win

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pp

ort

un

itie

s th

at m

ake

a re

al d

iffe

ren

ce t

o L

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fa

mil

ies.

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wil

l cre

ate

mo

re o

pp

ort

un

ity

for

Lew

ish

am

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mes

’ res

iden

ts, a

nd

incr

ease

th

e re

ach

of

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any’

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no

vati

ve e

ng

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ent

acti

viti

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cro

ss t

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b

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nd

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thri

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om

mu

nit

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ub

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e A

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mu

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th

e n

ort

h o

f th

e b

oro

ug

h w

her

e th

e m

ajo

rity

of

Lew

ish

am H

om

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live

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e L

ewis

ham

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om

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ort

h a

rea

ho

usi

ng

off

ice

relo

cate

d t

o

the

Alb

any

in J

uly

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15.

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etti

ng

ou

t lo

cal i

mp

rove

men

t p

lan

s fo

r o

ur

es

tate

s an

d i

mp

rove

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loo

k, f

eel a

nd

qu

ali

ty

of

ou

r n

eig

hb

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rho

od

s.

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crea

sin

g t

he

sup

ply

of

affo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g b

y b

uil

din

g 5

00 n

ew h

om

es, i

den

tify

ing

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

fo

r ad

dit

ion

al d

evel

op

men

t an

d im

pro

vin

g

ho

usi

ng

fo

r o

lder

peo

ple

.

• In

crea

sin

g t

he

cho

ices

ava

ilab

le t

o d

iver

sify

re

sid

ent e

ng

ag

emen

t op

po

rtu

nit

ies

incl

ud

ing

ch

ance

s to

hav

e a

say

usi

ng

on

lin

e ch

ann

els.

• P

rovi

din

g g

oo

d q

ual

ity

ener

gy

effi

cien

t h

om

es b

y C

om

ple

tin

g o

ur

pro

gra

mm

e o

f D

ecen

t Ho

mes

in

tern

al w

ork

s an

d r

aisi

ng

sta

nd

ard

s fo

r

inve

stm

ent

in h

om

es w

e m

anag

e.

• E

nsu

rin

g w

e h

ave

the

rig

ht

info

rmat

ion

to

bas

e in

vest

men

t p

lan

nin

g a

nd

dec

isio

ns

by

sett

ing

o

ut

a 30

yea

r p

lan

fo

r in

vest

men

t.

• S

ecu

rin

g in

vest

men

t w

ith

ou

r p

artn

ers

and

p

rovi

de

op

po

rtu

nit

y fo

r p

eop

le

thro

ug

h tr

ain

ing

an

d e

mp

loym

ent

pro

gra

mm

es t

hat

ad

d v

alu

e to

th

e co

mm

un

ity.

• D

eliv

erin

g a

pp

ren

tice

ship

a

nd

gra

du

ate

tra

inin

g

pla

ces.

• In

vest

ing

an

nu

ally

in

com

mu

nit

y p

art

ner

ship

s.

Our Plans

We

will

do

this

by:

We

will

bui

ld th

rivi

ng n

eigh

bour

hood

s by

impr

ovin

g th

e qu

alit

y of

our

est

ates

and

incr

easi

ng h

ousi

ng

supp

ly. W

e w

ill g

ener

ate

inve

stm

ent i

n Le

wis

ham

to b

uild

str

onge

r com

mun

itie

s, p

rovi

de tr

aini

ng a

nd

empl

oym

ent o

ppor

tuni

ties

and

bui

ld lo

cal p

artn

ersh

ips.

Co

un

cill

or

Da

mie

n E

ga

n, n

ew r

esid

ent

Ver

on

ica

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hty

, Ma

yo

r o

f L

ewis

ha

m S

ir

Ste

ve

Bu

llo

ck a

nd

Ch

air

of

Lew

ish

am

Ho

mes

B

oa

rd J

uli

a C

ott

on

ou

tsid

e th

e fi

rst

cou

nci

l h

ou

sin

g b

uil

t in

Lew

ish

am

fo

r 30

yea

rs.

1415

LEWISHAM HOMES BUSINESS PLAN 2015/19

500

new homes

by 2019

LEWISHAM HOMES BUSINESS PLAN 2015/19

Satisfaction with

home increased

from 61%

(2010)

6272

Households have had Decent

Homes work completed,

we’re aiming for 100%by 2016

to 70% (20

14)

and target 85%

(2019)

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SUSTAIN

ABLE F

UTURE

Sustainable

Futu

re

We

ha

ve r

edu

ced

ou

r m

an

ag

emen

t fe

e b

y £

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com

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ity

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val

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as e

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n16 LEWISHAM HOMES BUSINESS PLAN 2015/19

17

We

will

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ld a

sus

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