Our areas of expertise
We can provide information to journalists on the following areas:
Property Development
- A2Dominion has thousands of new homes in the pipeline, making us one of the country’s largest developers of new homes
- We received £28.6m grant funding from the Homes and Communities Agency in 2011/12 to develop affordable new homes
- We develop across a wide range of geographical areas from rural exception sites through to high density city centre living
- Our development strategy supports Government plans to increase the supply of new homes and we are committed to the ‘sustainability’ agenda
Topics: Affordable and private sale housing, town planning, community consultation, land acquisition,improvement programmes and regeneration, social housing grant, land and property interest valuation, planning, design briefs, procurement and quality issues.
Home Ownership
- A2Dominion New Homes provides shared ownership properties under New Build HomeBuy and HomeBuy resales
- These low cost home ownership schemes are designed to help people who cannot afford to buy a home outright
- People can own a share in the equity of a property using either a mortgage and/or savings, and pay rent on the part they do not own
- We also deliver private sale homes
Topics: Home ownership, shared ownership, affordable housing policy.
Care and Support
- A2Dominion provides specialist housing support for people in need
- The Group’s Care and Support arm has more than 2,500 homes including sheltered housing, extra care housing and other supported housing
- Care and support services are delivered to older people, homeless people, people with learning diffi culties, those with mental-health related issues and young parents
- A2Dominion has specialist domestic violence units and a young persons’ service
Topics: Care and support services for vulnerable people.
Housing Services
The Housing Services Team deals with a wide range of issues including:
- Rent - monitoring rent accounts and chasing arrears and tacking action, including court proceedings, against those who fail to pay
- Estate, tenancy and neighbourhood management - including estate inspections, dealing with graffiti, anti-social behaviour and gardening and cleaning contracts
- Lettings - ensuring empty properties are let quickly and in an acceptable condition, finding new tenants for empty properties and providing advice to tenants on re-housing
Topics: Housing management, anti-social behaviour and nuisance management,
repairs and maintenance, leasehold management.
Community Involvement
- A2Dominion provides a raft of opportunities for people to get involved and take an active role in the way housing services are provided
- Ways to get involved include consultations, community events and fun days, annual conferences, community centres, estate inspections, leaflets and newsletters, surveys, training and local resident association meetings
Topics: Resident involvement, regeneration, working with black and minority ethnic
communities, development activities and working with young people.
Corporate Issues in Housing
- Human Resources - responsible for HR policies, best practice, recruitment
- Learning & Development - responsible for staff training and development
- Performance & Planning - responsible for overseeing performance across the Group, helping to deliver improved services in line with residents’ needs
Topics: Strategy and planning, housing investment, management and leadership,
communications and marketing, stakeholder involvement, inspections, stock
transfers, mergers, housing finance.