Resident panel meetings

The Resident Panel usually meets between 4 and 6 times per year and works in partnership with Octavia to ensure residents influence the design and delivery of better services, homes and outcomes. A summary of meeting discussions can be found here.

For more information about the work of the Resident Panel and to speak to us about something you would like the panel to review, contact us at: be.involved@octavia.org.uk

22 January 2025

The Resident Panel focussed on:

Findings from the Savills Housing Asset Performance Evaluation (called the SHAPE model) that helped the Panel to better understand the approach taken by Octavia to generating the surplus by considering different options for the future of some properties such as changing its use, tenure or selling properties to reinvest the proceeds to effectively support the business plan.

An introductory meeting with the new Building Safety Director to understand and ask questions about the approach to keeping residents safe, with a particular emphasis on high-risk buildings (HRB’s) over 18m where Octavia is the principal accountable person (PAP). For residents in such buildings, Octavia is committed to developing resident engagement strategies, prioritising regular communication to keep residents informed about issues with their building, and transparent reporting mechanisms so that residents have ways to feedback their concerns for Octavia to respond to.