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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048 - November 2015
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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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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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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Havering Council’s £380k HMS deal with Capita
Capita’s software services business has been awarded a five-year contract worth £380,000 to provide Havering Council with its housing management software suite, OpenHousing. The contract is part of the council’s business transformation programme, designed to improve the delivery of services to tenants and to increase the efficiency of the housing department. The OpenHousing software is…
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Advanced launches one-stop shop for housing management
Advanced Business Solutions has launched a new housing software suite which integrates CRM with a wide variety of back-office solutions. The Advanced Business Suite for Housing includes a tenant and housing management solution running on Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM platform, powered by Goldcrest Solutions (itself recently acquired by Advanced). The suite also includes modules for rent…
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