Ealing Council and Ealing Homes – Relationship, roles and responsibilities for Repairs and Maintenance Presentation to Repairs Scrutiny Panel 18/9/07.

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
Managing the Health and Safety of Contractors
Advertisements

Effective Asset Management John Holdsworth & Sue Philpott.
Because youre worth it! VALUE FOR MONEY David Lloyd.
Scrutiny Committee Monday 18 th February Salix Homes “More than just a place to live” What kind of organisation have we made? Customer led Forward.
Customer Scrutiny 15 th July 2011 Jane Taylor - Customer Inspector Val Bagnall - Executive Director Being a Great landlord.
You said promises made to resolve the complaint were not always delivered. We now make sure the person dealing with the complaint updates the IT system.
The Role of Joint Ventures in Local Government Des Gardner Head of Regeneration (Legal) Manchester City Council.
Slide 1 Newlon Housing Trust: Customer Satisfaction Surveys 2014/15 Q1-3.
How are we doing?. Performance update We set ourselves some ambitious targets to achieve in 2009/10. Some of these targets include those for: –Repairs.
Intelligence Mapping - Data Warehouse
Management Structure Proposals
Learning from Across the Border. Learning from across the border Organisations are at different stages in relation to using and analysing equality information.
Sheffield Homes Case Study Richard Whittaker Investment Manager Sheffield Homes.
Homes and places where people want to live Apprenticeships Ian Richardson Learning and Development Officer.
Managing Your ALMO Members Survey. Survey Questions 1.Board Structure 2.Performance Management 3.Annual Delivery Plan 4. and 5.Services in the MA or SLAs.
Scottish Housing Best Value Network Fourth Floor, 125 Princes Street, Edinburgh EH2 4AD Scottish Housing Best Value Network is a registered charitable.
HouseMark Benchmarking – presentation to CWAG Paul Edwards Director of Data Services 6 March 2015.
Ealing Conference 15th November 2003 Martin Thomas ODPM’s Community Housing Task Force.
Housing in Salford Working with partners and stock options. Sarah Clayton, Head of Housing Strategy and Enabling.
The Journey to Celtic Horizons. Project Drivers To improve service delivery to our customers in a more efficient manner within current organisational.
OUTLINE BUSINESS PLAN ANNEX A to GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK March 2009 CHANGE TO GHA COMMITTEES SEPTEMBER 2006.
A Performance Indicator Framework that helps you monitor key areas of your service Rents management Repairs Empty Properties & Allocations Finance Satisfaction.
UK higher education: quality assurance at home and abroad Carolyn Campbell The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.
Thriving communities, affordable homes Housing provision: The new development framework Nick Taylor Head of Area, North West London Homes & Communities.
Reshaping the Council Housing Service Interim Sheffield Council Housing Board 27 th February 2014.
Salix Homes Customer Senate Margaret Connor Customer Involvement and Service Manager.
Property MOT’s Tying the Red Ribbon. Calls to the CSC each Year How many for Repairs? How many Repairs do we do each year? How many are emergencies? How.
Audit Commission Presentation Can Ealing achieve a 2* ALMO inspection score? London Borough of Ealing November 15 November 15 Roger Jarman Roger Jarman.
Transforming Aster Property Management Michael Reece – Director Aster Property Management.
NFTMO CONFERENCE 2010 Ursula Barrington WATMOS COMMUNITY HOMES.
ASD Gateway 4 Housing Service Jane Barlow Head of Housing Services.
Delivering our independence: A self-contained account for TMOs John Paul Maytum, Leathermarket JMB Martin Green, LB Southwark.
Leaseholder Information Event 18/08/15 Today we will give you information on… The benefits of the Brunswick regeneration The refurbishment works Service.
Value for Money – what’s it about?. VFM - What’s it all about Value for Money – we look at it all the time … Waitrose, M & S compared with Aldi & Lidl.
1 Community Housing Cymru Group Regulation Network - 8th December 2014.
Audit Advisory Committee Public health transition update 22 January 2013.
Gloucester City Council and Gloucester City Homes Gloucester Co-Co Model October 2012 Martin Shields Corporate Director of Services and Neighbourhoods.
The Role & Purpose of the Customer Senate Jerry Coulton - Senator.
North East Lincolnshire Council delivering change through partnership ( Physical Regeneration, Property and Technical Services Partnership) Planning in.
CWAG: Asset Management Rob Main – Strategic Housing /Amanda Wasilewski - Finance Issues to cover: Background – The District – Newark & Sherwood Homes Approach.
Presentation to SCC Scrutiny Committee Audit Commission Inspection Monday 19 th January 2009.
Analysing Local Authority Housing Management Performance and Costs Hal Pawson, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University.
Lesley Barnard Tenant Standards Manager Tenants and landlords at the heart of change Presentation to Councils with ALMOs Group - March 2010.
HRA Rent and Budget Setting 2016/17 1. The Housing Revenue Account The Housing Revenue Account (HRA) is a ring fenced account which cannot be subsidised.
Resident Scrutiny at Wherry HA. Where did we start? A series of panels looking at performance data including….. “Way Ahead with Wherry” our landlord wide.
Leasehold Forum REGENERATION & HOUSING Repairs Service Update A presentation by Giuseppe Coia, Head of Repairs.
Richard Sorensen Tenants Matter Ltd Tenants Matter Ltd.
In-depth Assessment Martyn Gorton WDH. WDH Joint Venture.
CSIs – “Customer Service Investigators” 27 th January 2016.
Health and Social Care Integration Update Name Role October 2015.
The TSA neighbourhood and community standard & local co-operation Councils with ALMOs Group 26 March 2010 Gill Leng - Exec Director Strategic Housing.
Sunderland City Council : Care Model Neil Revely, Executive Director – People Services Housing LIN Event 28 May 2014 Dovecote Meadow Extra Care Housing.
Moving Towards Better Housing- Scrutiny Commission on the Future of Council Housing Amanda Skelton Executive Director, Neighbourhood Services 4 March 2003.
THE ALMO SECTOR IN ENGLAND Dublin City Council 3 June 2015.
Introduction to SPA Trade Services PDA Work Flow Management Systems The Era of Change.
Joint Residents Meeting with Mears 15 th February 2011.
By the public sector, for the public sector About LGSS  LGSS established in October 2010 as a joint shared services partnership between Cambridgeshire.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP  South Tyneside Council Use of Resources - Value for Money 30 th July 2007.
INTERNAL AUDIT BRIEFING Business Objectives Business Objectives: What are they and how are they used?
Asset Management and Corporate Landlord Presentation to Overview and Scrutiny Committee 7 July 2010 John Sadler Head of Estates & Asset Management.
Scrutiny in South Tyneside Paul Baldasera. Scrutiny – why do we do it? Local Government Act 2000 – cabinet system Scrutiny roles –Holding Executive to.
South Tyneside Homes The Decent Homes Programme January 2007.
Housing and Environment Performance Graeme Stuart Housing Strategy & Performance Manager.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT WORKS IN WOKING BOROUGH.  Who are New Vision Homes  Planned Capital Investment  2013 – 14 Programme.
2015/16- AGM.
Ofsted Inspection of Children’s Services
Kent Housing Group – 25th January 2017
Maggie Rafalowicz 28 September 2012
West Sussex County Council May 2018 Property Services review
ANNUAL TARGET REPORT AGM 12TH SEPTEMBER 2018.
Presentation transcript:

Ealing Council and Ealing Homes – Relationship, roles and responsibilities for Repairs and Maintenance Presentation to Repairs Scrutiny Panel 18/9/07

Context In 2004 Ealing Council established an Arm Length Management Organisation – Ealing Homes set up to manage the Council’s permanent housing stock The council retains ownership of the its housing stock Ealing Homes is a separate company wholly owned by the Council Ealing Homes is governed by a board of directors made up from 5 Councillors, 7 tenant/leaseholder representatives and 5 independent members. The council is subject to periodic inspection of Ealing Homes by the Audit Commission – previous inspection report July 2005, next inspection programmed for September Performance indicators for housing management including repairs contribute to the Council’s CPA score

Respective Roles Council Role Responsible for overall strategic direction – Housing Strategy Performance monitoring and management of Ealing Homes – Client monitoring team Ealing Homes Role Manage Ealing’s council housing stock and associated services Delivery of the Decent Homes Programme

Formal relationships between the Council and Ealing Homes The Management Agreement is a high level legal agreement for the delegation of services to the ALMO. Services delegated to the ALMO include Asset Management which, in turn, is made up: Capital programme management including the Decent Homes Programme Responsive repairs Planned Maintenance Procurement and contract management Empty property management Revenue collection (leaseholder service charges) In order to deliver responsive repairs, planned, cyclical and void maintenance, the council delegates an overall budget for repairs and maintenance of £14 million to Ealing Homes This is managed to deliver a 60:40 split between planned:responsive as follows: Planned (eg Communal & building maintenance, heating replacement) 26% Cyclical ( eg communal services maintenance- lighting, fire safety, door entry systems ) 33% Responsive ( day to day reported repairs) 40% Non repairs (eg Evictions, ASB repairs, voids decs vouchers) 1%

Formal relationships between the Council and Ealing Homes Day to day operation of Ealing Homes is governed by the Performance Framework examining: Delivery Plan/Business Plan – linked onto the Community Plan and Corporate Plan Objectives details the objectives for the year and the agreed performance targets Monthly Delivery Plan meetings Monitoring of KPIs including tenant satisfaction Monitoring of Budgets and Spend profiles - monthly reports budget monitoring - budget setting (star chamber ) process In addition there are: Internal audit inspections (Deloittes currently auditing repairs) External audit if BVPIs including : % urgent responsive repairs completed within government time limits Average no of calendar days taken to complete non urgent repairs Average re-let times for voids requiring minor repairs

Contractual arrangements Ealing Homes manage 6 main contracts for provision of repairs and maintenance services: Responsive Repairs (partnering contracts): Kiers BM plc - east Mears Group plc –west Gas servicing:QHS (traditional JCT undergoing retender)Cardinal Lifts (traditional)Key Elevators Door Entry Systems(traditional)Community Access Ltd

Ealing Homes Internal Monitoring All Responsive Repairs over £1000 are post inspected and 10% of jobs under £1k for all repair orders. All Voids are post inspected M&E Team have specific QC procedures for each cyclical contract. For example, spot checks are carried out on the 12,000 per annum domestic gas servicing programme and each district heating site is visited twice per annum. In addition to EH’s own post inspections, all main contractors are required to carry out their own post inspections, and also, telephone surveys Postal survey for urgent, routine and Right to Manage (specified) repairs 10% telephone surveys in addition to postal survey “Escalated” Repair problems in order to effectively address service issues and thereby reduce complaints. Range of 65 performance indicators internally monitored for repairs and maintenance

More information: Gill Tennet Telephone contact number:

Ealing Homes Responsive Repairs Satisfaction Response rate The Response rate currently is at 14%. The internal target for this year is 15%. There is no agreement in this years Delivery Plan to report either repairs satisfaction or response rate but customer satisfaction in repairs is reported to the Delivery Plan meetings in the Comprehensive Performance Reports reviewed quarterly.