Irwell Valley Housing Association has introduced a branded debit card to reward prompt rent payments and good behaviour by tenants in its 6800 properties around Manchester. Back in 1998, Irwell Valley had problems with low payment levels by tenants for their rent, with 70 per cent of tenants classified as poor payers, resulting in a…
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100,000 members at HomeSwapper
Homeswapper has announced that it now has 100,000 live members, making it the UK’s largest mutual exchange service, enabling tenants in social housing to easily swap houses or flats with other tenants across the country. John Carthew, managing director, HomeSwapper, said, “Our ethos of making a difference in people’s lives underpins our day-to-day business. Having…
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Orwell Housing pilots Home Access
Orwell Housing Association is piloting a new government scheme to provide grants for computers and internet access to low-income families. The £300 million Home Access programme, announced by the government in September 2008, is intended to deliver equal learning opportunities to the 35 per cent of families that currently have no access to the internet…
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Triple win for Capita Support
Capita Software Services has signed recent deals with the London Borough of Ealing and Aberdeenshire and South Lanarkshire Councils for Capita Support which enables access to multiple functions within the councils’ ‘supported housing’ and ‘supporting people’ services. Aberdeenshire Council selected Capita Support to monitor, renew and evaluate social care contracts. Expected to be operational by…
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NorthgateArinso’s hosted HR for One Housing
One Housing Group has signed a seven-year deal with NorthgateArinso to implement a fully-managed HR and payroll service based on the software provider’s ResourceLink system. ResourceLink supports web recruitment, self-service modules and reporting. The new features are expected to make the recruitment process faster, letting HR staff focus on strategic issues and enabling cost-savings. Susan…
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Nationwide IT forum launched by Aster
Aster Group has set up a new national online forum for all IT and technology staff working in the housing sector – have a look at www.nhitforum.co.uk. As far as we are aware, there is no other nationwide forum specifically covering technology in social housing, so we applaud Aster Group for setting up this free…
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