Property Services Manager - £37,000
Property Services Manager
London SW9
Salary £37,000
Housing for Women is a leading women’s housing association providing innovative solutions to women’s housing needs in the capital. We provide secure, quality accommodation and support for women and their dependants in eight London boroughs.
We are offering an exciting opportunity to a suitably qualified surveyor to be part of our dedicated team.
Re-Unite South London - A Fresh Start for Mothers and Children
Mothers leaving prison are often stuck in a 'Catch-22' situation on release, preventing them from being re-united with their children, because they do not have suitable housing.
If her children are not in her care when she is released, a mother is unlikely to be given priority status by housing authorities. However, if she does not have stable accommodation, then her children will not be returned to her care.
Re-Unite South London is a housing project that re-unites mothers with their children following the mother’s release from prison. It is a partnership between Commonweal Housing and Housing for Women. Re-Unite South London has housing in the boroughs of Greenwich, Lewisham and Southwark and provides support and accommodation for women and their children for up to two years after their release.
Read more: Re-Unite South London - A Fresh Start for Mothers and Children
Tenant Rent Payment Incentive Scheme
The Tenant Rent Payment Incentive Scheme is designed to encourage all tenants to pay their rent on time, every month.
So far over 170 of our tenants have received their first £100 payments under the scheme.
We run the scheme once every year in January/February and its aim is to encourage tenants who are paying all of their rent themselves to keep their account out of arrears. Chasing arrears costs landlords a great deal of money and ultimately leads to higher rent increases. Housing for Women's scheme is designed to find and reward tenants who habitually keep their rent payments up to date by giving them a £100 reward.
Are you looking for a new home?
If you are seeking to move out of your current property, and are interested in exchanging your property with someone else, you may be interested in HomeSwapper:
- HomeSwapper is a mutual exchange service for local authority and housing association tenants across the
- It is open to all Housing for Women tenants.
- Tenants can search the database to find properties that match their requirements. Thousands of tenants are registered across the country.
- Registration is free to Housing for Women Tenants.
- HomeSwapper is an online service only. If you don't have a computer you can get a friend or member of your family to register you and to do online searches. Alternatively you can use a public access computer such as in your local library, internet café or at Housing for Women’s offices.
For more details and to register, please visit:
Southwark Training Initiative
Leaflets are available from HfW for any tenants living in Southwark who are interested in getting more skills and financial advice.
Southwark tenants should call Shirley Watson on 020 8726 8649 or Ros Dougan on 020 8726 8623 (People for Action) who will be able to give you more information.
Tenant Training Grant Scheme
HfW has a small Training Grant scheme which is open to all tenants of Housing for Women. Grants are normally limited to £500 and up to four or five grants per year are awarded. As well as helping with tuition fees, a grant can be used for incidental expenses such as childcare, travel, books and equipment.
If you are training or about to start a course or know of a course that would help you to obtain work or to progress in your career then you might like to apply for a grant from us. Please contact the Housing for Women admin team and ask for an application form. Applications are reviewed by a committee.
How long do I have to wait for my repair?
Repairs are classed in the following three ways:
- Emergency repairs - These are repairs that give rise to a danger to life or limb or an imminent structural fault. Emergency repairs are dealt with on the day when they are reported (within 24 hours)
- Urgent repairs - These are dealt with within a week (seven days)
- Routine repairs - These repairs would be carried out within four weeks (28 days)
The target completion date is printed on the work order that is sent to you when you request a repair.
Dates quoted are for the maximum time allowed, quite often repairs are completed in less time. However a repair is not overdue until the target completion date on the order. If your repair has not been carried out by that target date then please inform the office.
Please see your copy of the tenant handbook or the guidance on reporting repairs for examples of each type of repair.
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