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Tenant Satisfaction Measures

The Regulator of Social Housing requires all registered providers to generate and report Tenant Satisfaction Measures as part of the new Customer Standards framework.

All social housing providers in England must collect data on a new set of tenant satisfaction measures (TSMs). These are part of a new system developed by the Regulator of Social Housing to assess how well social housing landlords are doing to provide good quality homes and services.

The measures are aimed at helping improve standards for people living in social housing by:

  • Providing visibility, letting tenants see how well their landlord is doing. And enabling tenants to hold their landlords to account
  • Giving the Regulator insight into which landlords might need to improve things for their tenants

The TSMs are designed to see how well landlords are keeping properties in good repair, maintaining building safety, engaging respectfully and helpfully, effectively handling complaints, and managing the neighbourhood responsibly.

For more information on the Tenant Satisfaction Measures and how they affect you, please visit Tenant Satisfaction Measures - Summary of RSH requirements (accessible) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) (external website)

 

 

Tenant Satisfaction Measures | Year End 2023/24

TSM No Measures Year End Group 2023/24 Actual
TP01  Overall satisfaction 75.1%
TP02  Satisfaction with repairs 74.3%
TP03  Satisfaction with time taken to complete most recent repair 67.3%
TP04  Satisfaction that the home is well-maintained 72.4%
TP05  Satisfaction that the home is safe 78.2%
TP06  Satisfaction that the landlord listens to tenant views and acts upon them 63.2%
TP07  Satisfaction that the landlord keeps tenants informed about things that matter to them 70.2%
TP08  Agreement that the landlord treats tenants fairly and with respect 78.8%
TP09  Satisfaction with the landlord’s approach to handling complaints 43.1%
TP10  Satisfaction that the landlord keeps communal areas clean and well-maintained 71.0%
TP11  Satisfaction that the landlord makes a positive contribution to neighbourhoods 66.1%
TP12  Satisfaction with the landlord’s approach to handling anti-social behaviour 62.3%

Tenant Satisfaction Measures Management Information | Year End 2023/24

TSM No Measures Year End Group 2023/24 Actual
CH01(1) Number of stage one complaints relative to the size of the landlord  87.7
CH01(2) Number of stage two complaints relative to the size of the landlord 3.4
CH02(1) The proportion of stage one complaints responded to within Complaint Handling Code timescales  92.8%
CH02(2) The proportion of stage two complaints responded to within Complaint Handling Code timescales 77.8%
NM01 (1) Anti-social behaviour cases relative to the size of the landlord 56
NM01 (2) Anti-social behaviour hate cases relative to the size of the landlord 0.4
RP01 Homes that do not meet the Decent Homes Standard 0.2%
RP02(1) The proportion of non-emergency repairs completed within the target timescale 82.3%
RP02(2) The proportion of emergency repairs completed within the target timescale 89.9%
BS01 Gas safety checks 100%
BS02 Fire safety checks 99.8%
BS03 Asbestos safety checks 98.5%
BS04 Water safety checks 95.6%
BS05 Lift safety checks 98.9%

Tenant Satisfaction Measures 2023-24 – supporting information

The Regulator of Social Housing now requires all registered providers to generate and report Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSMs) yearly as part of the new Customer Standards framework.

These measures combine data generated from internal management information with data derived from perception surveys. This combined data will enable customers to scrutinise their landlord's performance effectively. The first surveys were required to be undertaken between 01 April 2023 and 31 March 2024, with the formal submission of results required by 30 June 2024.

We have now completed the Tenant Satisfaction surveys for the year 2023-24, and below is a summary of the approach we used:

 

We achieved a sample size of 1531 survey responses. The relevant population size was 10558, so the sample size is +/- 2.3% which is within the Regulator’s tolerance levels of +- 3% for a landlord of our size.

The Social Housing Regulator offers flexibility regarding how and when the survey is conducted. We examined the different ways to undertake these, and our approach was to conduct quarterly, rolling surveys. These were then aggregated over the year to compile the data needed for the mandatory submission, with the assurance that no tenant was asked to complete the survey more than once yearly.

For 2023-24, data was collected in quarters three and four of the year. These results were then aggregated to form the yearly results. Having visibility of results each quarter ensured that we had an early sight of any potential issues reported by customers and allowed action plans to be created to address these promptly.

We have a diverse customer base, so conducting the surveys using inclusive methods and without bias was important. In 2023-24, a mixed approach was used, including telephone, digital, and paper surveys. These differing methods enabled us to gather feedback from a broad range of customers and ensure our results represent everyone.

To comply with the guidelines issued by the Regulator of Social Housing, the results only included responses from tenants within England and excluded tenants of certain property types such as leaseholders, shared ownership and non-social housing.

The overall % breakdown of our different collection methods for the 2023-24 results was:

Telephone – 48%

Online – 13.8%

Postal – 38.2%

 

We ensured that all our tenants and properties were well-represented in the survey results so that the results accurately represented the services we provide to all our customers in all areas.

We also endeavoured to ensure that returns from all our stock types were achieved. This enabled us to break down the results by:

Business Brand/Subsidiary

Whether the property is low-cost rental accommodation, low-home-cost ownership, or other types of stock we hold.

Need Category

Construction Type

Construction Style

Repairs Area

Repairs Responsibility

Local Authority

Estate

We looked at the composition of households and enabled analysis by looking at the protected and other relevant characteristics of our customer profile where we hold the data. This included:

Date of Birth

Ethnicity

Disability

Gender

Nationality

Marital Status

Occupation Status

Household composition (Single, Families, etc)

The tables below show how the TSM survey returns for 2023-24 closely map to our actual stock and tenant profiles:

Property Type

Need category

Relevant tenant population (% total)

Total survey responses (% total)

General

49.4%

46.3%

Supported

33.1%

34.5%

Sheltered (some spec features)

7.5%

7.3%

Sheltered (older people)

3.7%

4.4%

Shared Ownership *

2.9%

2.1%

Lilac Supported

2.8%

5.0%

Single Homeless

0.3%

0.1%

Homeless Unit

0.2%

0.4%

General Needs with Support

0.1%

0.0%

  *Excluded from final results as Progress Housing Group own less than 1000 Shared ownership homes. This follows Regulatory Guidelines.

Tenant Age

Age group

Relevant tenant population (% total)

Total survey responses (% total)

35 - 44

18.4%

18.3%

45 - 54

17.0%

17.2%

25 - 34

14.8%

12.5%

65 - 74

13.3%

15.3%

55 - 59

10.2%

10.2%

60 - 64

9.5%

9.3%

75 - 84

8.7%

9.9%

0 - 24

3.7%

2.8%

85+

2.5%

2.5%

NULL

1.9%

2.0%

 

 

Tenant gender

Gender

Relevant tenant population (% total)

Total survey responses (% total)

Female

55.6%

54.1%

Male

44.2%

45.7%

Trans-Gender

0.1%

0.1%

 

Property location

Region

Relevant tenant population (% total)

Total survey responses (% total)

North West

74.1%

67.3%

Yorkshire and The Humber

7.7%

9.7%

East Midlands

6.4%

6.5%

East of England

3.1%

3.6%

South East

2.9%

4.4%

North East

2.1%

1.7%

London

1.4%

2.7%

South West

1.0%

2.1%

Scotland *

0.7%

0.8%

West Midlands

0.4%

0.8%

Wales *

0.2%

0.3%

Northern Ireland *

0.0%

0.1%

*Excluded from final results as relevant to England only 

Our results were aligned with our stock and tenant profile, so no weighting was necessary to produce the final results.

During 2023, we tendered for a partner to assist us in completing the tenant perception surveys relating to TP01 – TP12. This contract was awarded to Acuity Research and Practice Ltd.

Acuity has over 20 years of experience in social housing, including substantial knowledge of communicating with diverse client groups, including those within supported housing. Further information about Acuity can be found here -  Acuity - TSM tenant satisfaction surveys | Social Housing Research | Benchmarking (arap.co.uk)

Acuity performed all surveying in 2023-24 on our behalf. They contacted customers directly and chose them at random. The survey is strictly confidential, and if the tenant wishes, the results are fed back to us anonymously.

All relevant stock types and tenant groups were included and with no exclusions.

Customers were not offered incentives to take part, but we strongly encouraged our tenants to take part in the surveys as the results helped improve overall services

We used two separate question sets.

The first was for General Needs and Shared Ownership tenants and homeowners, and the second was designed specifically for supported living tenants. The format of both questionnaires was compliant with their design.

You can view the questionnaires here:

Progress Housing Group General Needs TSM Question Set 2023 24

Progress Housing Group Supported Housing TSM Question Set 2023 24

 

 

 

 

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