Although we are only halfway through the online survey for Housing Technology’s forthcoming Digital by Default 2016 report (to be published in March in conjunction with Go ON UK), a quick snapshot and analysis of the responses provides some interesting results. In terms of the factors preventing tenants getting online, a lack of knowledge and/or…
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Magazine Articles
I must go down to HP again, to the lonely PC on standby…
Barry Alford, head of ICT at Paragon Community Housing, explains how the housing provider carried out a live simulation of a full ‘DR day’ to test its business continuity strategy and what it learned from the experience. It was in one of our senior management team meetings (in December 2012) that I presented a DR…
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Leading the way with the internet of things
Readers may have noticed that Housing Technology has been covering the growth of the internet of things more frequently over the past few issues. This is because we believe that housing providers, possibly for the first time, are in a unique position to completely change the domestic technology landscape. At the moment the majority of…
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Paying to stay or staying to pay?
The government’s double whammies of universal credit and pay to stay can be thought of as two sides of the same coin in terms of their impacts on housing providers’ operations and financial performance. We recognise that universal credit and pay to stay are obviously distinct areas, but there are similarities in terms of outside…
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Aareon HMS chosen by Almond Housing
Almond Housing Association is in the middle of implementing a wide range of new business applications from Aareon, based around a main Aareon QL housing management system, as part of its plan to achieve a more integrated ICT strategy across housing, finance, HR and mobile working. Almond Housing employed consultants Arneil Johnson to advise on…
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Greenfields improves voids with Orchard
Orchard Information Systems has been working with Greenfields Community Housing to improve the efficiency of the housing provider’s voids. It has done so by modifying the standard voids processes within its housing management system, Orchard Housing. Amy Deer, business solutions manager, Greenfields Community Housing, said, “We have significantly improved our processes using Orchard’s voids and…
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