Tenant Satisfaction Measures

The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 requires Councils to publish information every year about how it has performed.

The Regulator will use the information to assess the Council’s performance and compare it with other landlords. The Council is committed to providing good services for tenants and will be seeking ways to improve both its performance and satisfaction ratings.

We welcome any comments or feedback that tenants have about our performance returns.

Performance Indicators and Outcomes
Performance Indicator         2024         2025

Response Repair Delivered in Target Times

Our target timescales for 2024/2025 were 28 days for a routine repair and 24 hours for an emergency.

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28 days 83% 80.3%
Emergencies/24 hours 90% 95.2%
Number of properties which do not meet the Decent Hoes Standard 40 43
Asbestos safety checks All complete All Complete
Gas safety checks 100% of annual services completed 100% of Annual services Completed
Water safety checks All complete All Complete
Fire Risk Assessments All complete All Complete
Number of ASB cases open per 1000 homes 96 125.4
Number of ASB cases that involve hate incidents per 1000 homes 0 0
Number of stage 1 complaints per 1000 homes 14 23.2
Proportion of stage 1 within the Housing Ombudsman complaints handling code 88.9% 100%
Number of stage 2 complaints per 1000 homes 0.8 2.7
Proportion of stage 2 within the Housing Ombudsman complaints handling code 100% 85.7%
Complaints relative to the size of the landlord

35 at stage 1

2 at stage 2

60 at stage 1

7 at stage 2

 

Tenant Satisfaction Survey Questions and Outcomes
Tenant Satisfaction Survey Question 2024 2025
Overall satisfaction with the housing service 79% 81.8%
Satisfaction with repairs service 84% 88.7%
Satisfaction with the time taken for the most recent repair 80% 79.5%
Satisfied that the home is well-maintained 79% 80.1%
Satisfaction that the home is safe 81% 84.3%
Satisfied that the landlord listens to tenants views and acts upon them 68% 70.9%
Satisfaction that the landlord keeps tenants informed about things that matter to them 71% 75.4%
Agreement that the landlord treats tenants fairly and with respect 77% 81.9%
Satisfaction with the landlord's approach to handling complaints 40% 42.9%
Satisfaction that the landlord keeps communal areas clean and well maintained 74% 75.7%
Satisfaction that the landlord makes a positive contribution to the neighbourhood 64% 67.1%
Satisfaction with the landlord's approach to handling anti-social behaviour  46% 54.1%

 

The Council sought its satisfaction feedback from tenants using a postal survey. We have used a postal survey for many years and have found it productive in receiving the number of returned surveys we require to ensure our results are valid. We do offer an option for tenants to respond using e-mail but most return the paper form in the post.

2530 tenants were sent a questionnaire. 543 tenants responded to the survey to give us their views. 

The methodology was a sample not a consensus.

The survey asks the questions which are required by the Regulator for Social Housing and other which help us understand tenants’ views about our service.

NWBC Tenant Satisfaction Survey 2023

Tenant Satisfaction Survey Questionnaire 2023