Tenant satisfaction measures
The Regulator of Social Housing
The Regulator of Social Housing has created a new set of tenant satisfaction measures (TSMs) for assessing how well all social housing landlords, both council and housing associations, are doing at providing good quality homes and services.
The 12 measures look at six areas:
- overall satisfaction with the service
- keeping properties in good repair
- maintaining building safety
- respectful and helpful engagement
- effective handling of complaints
- responsible neighbourhood management
These measures are one part of how we monitor our performance.
Collecting information
We collect this data from a yearly tenant satisfaction survey and from our management data.
We will carry out a tenant satisfaction survey every year, asking tenants what they think about their home and the housing services we provide.
The results from these surveys will be reported to the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) and will help us to understand where our service may need improving.
As well as the survey, some TSMs are generated from our management information.
TSMs from both the survey and the management data form a core set of performance measures which we must publish as well as submit to the RSH.
This will provide tenants with greater transparency about our performance and inform the regulator about how we are complying with consumer standards
Crawley Homes’ Tenant Satisfaction Measures
The results
Overall satisfaction with the service
Keeping properties in good repair
Repair timescales
Priority 1 and Priority 2: Emergency repairs
- Priority 1 within 4 hours - emergency repairs, presenting an immediate risk to health and safety, further detrimental damage to property, or a security risk.
- Priority 2 within 24 hours - these include partial loss of power, electrical fittings (where there is no immediate danger), partial loss of water supply, blocked or leaking, soil stack or toilet pan (where no other toilet in property.
Priority 3 and Priority 4: Non-emergency repairs
- Priority 3 within 7 calendar days - non-emergency repairs requiring priority attention such as gas repairs and repairs posing a non-emergency risk. It also includes hazards that pose a significant risk to the health or safety of the actual resident of the dwelling. If a surveyor inspection is needed before works can start, we will ensure works start within seven days after the inspection.
- Priority 4 within 28 calendar days - routine repairs such as maintenance tasks that are not new installations, and minor repairs including decorations and plaster work.
More information on timescales is available in this extract from the Repairs and Maintenance policy.
Maintaining building safety
Respectful and helpful engagement
Effective handling of complaints
Responsible neighbourhood management
We continue to look at how well we are doing and what these results mean for us.
We will also be discussing these with tenants at the tenant conference in September.