Armagh - Northern Ireland Housing Executive

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• The Shared Communities Programme includes the estates of Lisanally and Alexander, Armagh. The aim of the programme is to develop Shared Housing Communities where people choose to live with others regardless of their religion or race, in a neighbourhood that is safe and welcoming to all and threatening to no-one. A ‘Christmas around the world’ event was held in November to promote awareness between different cultures; • Three schemes for 22 social housing units in rural communities were on site at 31 st March 2013; • A scheme for 12 dwellings was completed in Middletown; • We carried out Latent Demand Testing in Derrynoose during 2012/13. Action Plan 2013/14 • Continue to focus on urban renewal and estate-based strategy programmes; • Publish our Rural Action Plan 2013-15 and continue to work on behalf of rural communities; • Continue to work with DSD and Supporting Communities Northern Ireland to deliver a range of programmes to the local community; • Continue to support the work of the Social Investment Fund; • Continue to work with the communities at Lisanally and Alexander through the Shared Communities Programme. 30
3.5 Objective 4 - Delivering quality services We recognise the importance of working closely with local communities and their representatives. The changes to the structure of local management and regional management will not affect service delivery. To understand our customers’ needs we use techniques such as customer surveys whilst also comparing the quality and efficiency of our services with other organisations. The following processes identify areas for improvement: We are currently reviewing our Housing Selection Scheme. A consultation paper proposes amendments to the rules to align it with changes in Housing Benefit, in light of Welfare Reform. • The Continuous Tenant Omnibus Survey (CTOS) provides a comprehensive socio-economic profile of Housing Executive tenants and their views and attitudes to service provision; • We accredit the performance of our services through a number of frameworks. These include Customer Service Excellence, the European Foundation for Quality Manager, Investors in People and ISO 9001 accreditations; • We operate a two stage complaint scheme for our customers. DSD has commissioned a fundamental review of the Allocations Policy for social housing. This will ensure that the current procedures for accessing the social housing waiting list and allocating social housing make the most effective use of scarce public resources in identifying and meeting housing need. We continue to administer Housing Benefit prior to the phased transfer to Universal Credit between 2014 and 2017. We have spent £96K on discretionary housing payments to over 460 claimants to ease financial hardship in Armagh City and District during 2012/13. Table 5: South Area Housing Benefit Performance at March 2013 Target Actual Clear Housing Benefit new claims within 25 days 27 days Clear Housing Benefit change of circumstances within 8 days 5 days Action Plan 2013/14 • Manage services in a cost effective manner; • Complete the review of the Housing Selection Scheme; • Administer housing benefit and discretionary housing payments; • Provide grant applicants with copies of our grants newsletter; • Update and implement our Learning and Development Strategy; • Update and implement the People Strategy; • Maintain an excellent, well-trained and highly motivated workforce. 31
Page 1 and 2: Armagh District Housing Plan & Loca
Page 3 and 4: Contents Foreword .................
Page 5 and 6: Following the Northern Ireland Audi
Page 7 and 8: • At March 2013, the Housing Exec
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Page 12 and 13: 1.3 Policy context The Northern Ire
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