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A message from Hannah and Ellie - welcome to your latest newsletter
We’re excited to share our Annual Report for Residents featuring highlights from the past year, focusing on the services you’ve told us matter most, like repairs, safety, and how we respond to your feedback. In 2024/25, 1,600 residents took part in 54 engagement activities, from surveys to community action days, helping us understand what matters most to you and shaping the improvements you’ll read about in this report.

You’ll also see our results under the tenant satisfaction measures (TSMs), introduced in April 2023, showing how well we’re doing and where we can do more. Thank you to everyone who’s shared their views – it really makes a difference.

We’re always happy to welcome new members to the Customer Voice Panel, so if you’d like to get involved, we’d love to hear from you.

You can check out the full report in the newsletter below.

Hannah Manyewu, Executive Director, Customer
Ellie, Chair, Customer Voice Panel

 

In this newsletter, we also:

  • Share updates on cleaning – we’ve stepped up inspections, introduced a dedicated cleaning team, and improved floor mopping based on your feedback.
     
  • Invite you to feature your home in a Paradigm video – £30 voucher for taking part!

  • Remind you of your last chance to enter our annual gardening competition – show off your garden, balcony, or planter for a £30 prize.

  • Ask you to update your details so we can provide the right support – every 100th resident to complete the form wins a £100 gift card!

  • Share how residents are shaping our new damp & mould approach ahead of Awaab’s Law, with clearer info, visuals, and friendly updates.

  • Remind you to report damp or mould in your home: 0300 303 1010.

 

Your Annual Report is here
Our 2024/25 Annual Report for Residents is now live, sharing the key highlights from the year and how we’ve been investing in homes and involving you in our services. Some of the main achievements include:

  • 384 new affordable homes built (90% of residents are happy with the quality)

  • £52m invested in repairs and improvements, with 39,000+ repairs completed

  • 86% of homes now EPC C or better (up from 71% last year)

  • 734 homes relet to new residents

  • Resident satisfaction remains strong at 82%

You can view the full report here.
We've also released our year-end results for April 2024 – March 2025, which you can view here.

An update on cleaning

Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete our cleaning survey back in June. Your feedback has helped us to make our buildings cleaner and more welcoming.

You said, we did

  • You said: the floors didn’t look clean even after cleaning.
  • We did: we’ve stepped up our checks and auditing, with more in-depth inspections to make sure cleaning is up to standard. We’ve also set up a dedicated cleaning team who can be sent anywhere, anytime, to fix problems straight away – rather than waiting for the next scheduled clean.
  • We’re doing: we’re changing the way we mop the floors to use flat mops, which need less water, don’t leave marks, and give a better clean.

What’s next?
In early Autumn, we’ll be sending out a grounds maintenance survey. This is your chance to tell us how we’re doing with looking after gardens, grass and outdoor areas. Please keep an eye out for it – your feedback really helps us improve.

Showcase your home in our next video

Have you got a home you’re proud of? We’re looking for residents who would like to feature themselves and their homes in an upcoming Paradigm video. Whether it’s the way you’ve decorated, a space you’ve made your own, or just somewhere that feels special to you – we’d love to hear from you.

Taking part is simple:

  • We’ll arrange a short filming visit at a time that suits you

  • You’ll feature in our video alongside your home

  • As a thank you, you’ll receive a £30 voucher for taking part.

Interested? Please get in touch with us at Communications@ParadigmHousing.co.uk to find out more (or reply to this email).

You've got until the end of the day to send us your entries!

Our gardening competition is coming to a close, don't miss the chance to win a £30 voucher! 

Whether you have a gorgeous back garden, a beautiful balcony or a wonderful window planter, we want to see how your gardens (or planters, or hedges, or veg patch!) are blooming.

Enter now:
To enter the competition, simply send a photo of your garden or balcony to Communications@ParadigmHousing.co.uk (or reply to this email!) by Friday 29 August. Please include your name, address, and the category you are entering.

Competition categories: 

1. Best front garden: we’re looking for the most inviting and well-kept front gardens that brighten up the neighbourhood. 

2. Best back garden: whether it’s a lush vegetable patch, a vibrant flower garden, or a serene retreat, why not share some pictures with us? 

3. Best balcony*: even small spaces can be transformed into a gardener’s dream. We’re excited to see how you’ve turned your balconies into green sanctuaries. (* If you don’t have a balcony, but do have a window planter, or something similar, this is the category for you!)  

Help us keep your details up to date – and you could win £100

Getting to know you better
We want to make sure we’re offering the right help and support to all our residents – and to do that, we need your information to be up to date.

Over the next month, you’ll receive either an email from Feedback@ParadigmHousing.co.uk or a text from ‘Paradigm HG’ with a link to a short form, helping us get to know you better. We’ll also ask you to share some additional details, such as your ethnicity, use of English, and any disabilities or long-term medical conditions. This information helps us to better understand the needs of our communities and provide the right services.

Every 100th resident who completes the form will receive a £100 shopping gift card - we've already sent the 100th and 200th gift cards out to Lee and Claire, and Lesley, in Amersham. Could you be our 300th?

If you have any questions, check the FAQs on our website.

Residents help shape our new damp and mould approach

We’ve just completed our latest Service Review Group, where residents joined us to shape how we’re tackling damp and mould. Their feedback is helping us get ready for Awaab’s Law, which comes into force on 27 October 2025. This law sets strict timeframes for tackling damp, mould and other hazards. We'll be making some changes to our website and our policy based on what residents told us - we'll let you know more about this soon.

What’s happening now:

  • Colleagues are being trained across the business, and we are going to run test calls in our contact centre

  • We're updating our website and printed materials

  • We're reviewing our systems ahead of the October launch to ensure we have everything in place to support residents.

🙋 If you spot damp or mould in your home, call us on 0300 303 1010 to report it.

 

Come and work for us 

We're hiring a mix of permanent and fixed-term roles in our Property Services team, from plumbers to electricians to carpenters.

Whether you live in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire or Hertfordshire we have homes near you that need your skills.

We'll equip you with everything you need to succeed, including a fully stocked van with a fuel card, all necessary tools, and a tablet to manage your schedule and documents.

Take a look at all of the vacancies and apply here

 
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