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KEY FACTS ABOUT OUR ORGANISATIONS
Formed in 1968, charitable Housing Association based in west London.
Formed in 1890, charitable housing group based across England.
Almost 5,000 Homes across west London.
Almost 65,000 homes across the UK about 7,000 of these are in London.
Wide range of housing including social rent, low cost home ownership, specialist tenures and outright sales.
Wide range of housing including social rent, low cost home ownership, specialist tenures and outright sales.
Strong social purpose and history of delivering community - based services.
Strong social purpose and history of delivering community - based services.
Aspiration to build new homes across west London.
Strong track record of building new affordable housing.
What We Look Like Together
Combining our strengths at national and local level will create a powerful partnership in west London.
An improved service offer for tenants and homeowners. This will include greater investment in homes, an enhanced online offer and increased customer engagement opportunities.
A minimum of £350k over the first three years of our Partnership invested in a new Community Fund.
A target of 1,000 new homes developed in west London over the first few years of our Partnership.
The local development programme will be boosted and property disposals will reduce.
HOW WILL THIS BENEFIT RESIDENTS?
Involving and empowering residents
You will have access to new methods of having your say on how services can be improved.
There will be a place for a SBHA resident on the Guinness Customer Committee and also a place for a SBHA resident on the Guinness Board.
The current Resident Panel will expand into an enhanced Panel across west London.
You will be able to apply for grants under Guinness’s Aspire schemehelping pay for education, training and equipment to support start-up businesses.
An improved service offer for tenants and homeowners
Over time, you will be able to access improved digital and online services.
Greater certainty of cyclical maintenance and future property investment (for our homeowners, this will protect and enhance the value of their investment).
You will have increased access to Guinness homes should you want to transfer (subject to any local authority rules).
The benefit of greater investment and improvements across your estate and local green areas.
Whilst offering all of the above, we can assure you of the following
Your Tenancy or lease and security of tenure will not change.
Initially, the way you contact us to raise a repair or discuss your tenancy will not change.
The way we set your rent will remain the same.
We will still have a local presence across the west London community with a locally based housing services team.
